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Parminder Nagra

"At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there."

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"At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there."

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"You want the audience to be uncomfortable."

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"I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything."

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"With yourself, I think you have to decide the kind of person that you really want to be, and for me, it's just a sweet girl."

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"If you want to be happy, be."

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"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."

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"And I want to say anything is possible. Comma. You know."

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"When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants."

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"There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means."

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"Only those who want everything done for them are bored."

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"I didn't really want to be a comedian."

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Parminder Nagra
"I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America."

America

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Parminder Nagra
"In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children."

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Parminder Nagra
"And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled."

Woman

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Parminder Nagra
"In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!"

Football

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Parminder Nagra
"At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there."

Want

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Parminder Nagra
"I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession."

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Parminder Nagra
"Football is a passion that she holds dear to her heart. She's really going for her dream and there are obstacles in the way, but deep down she knows what she wants, and she pursues that."

Dream

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Parminder Nagra
"But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype."

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Parminder Nagra
"Therefore reinforcing a stereotype, therefore thinking that the entire Indian culture is just made of people that are against their children's decisions."

People

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"My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time."

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