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"Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent."

"It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous."

"It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was a very big seller for Carlton Television. But it was getting more and more expensive to do."

"I was born in Middlesex, England, which is really London."

"If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine."
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"I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time."

"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!"

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