Quotes by Dev Patel

About Dev Patel:

Dev Patel is a British actor, known for playing Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which he won a number of awards, including a Critics' Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Patel is also known for his role as Anwar Kharral in Skins; as Sonny Kapoor in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; and as Neal Sampat in Aaron Sorkin's HBO show The Newsroom.
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Training in taekwondo for eight years and then being able to do it in a film was pretty amazing.

Dev Patel

I don't think I have the pulling power of Jim Carrey.

Dev Patel

Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.

Dev Patel

The dark side is when you are with family and friends, and you have paparazzi screaming at you - that's been hard to deal with.

Dev Patel

But I'm tone deaf - window-shattering tone deaf. I can't sing for the life of me. I can't sing or dance, so no remake of 'Grease' for me!

Dev Patel

I visit India a lot.

Dev Patel

'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?

Dev Patel

The thing is, I am a loving person. I am super sappy when it comes to romance. But I'm not the Antonio Banderas, swashbuckling, Pierce Brosnan, smooth-talking type.

Dev Patel

I'm not a Casanova in 'The Newsroom,' by the way - just another hard worker.

Dev Patel

I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account.

Dev Patel

I have a Blackberry which I use, but I am one of those people who can only type on it with one hand.

Dev Patel

Television moves fast, and you don't have the indulgences you have when you're shooting movies of so many takes because there are tight deadlines.

Dev Patel

Author Bio

  • NameDev Patel
  • DescriptionEnglish actor
  • BornApril 23, 1990
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor