QUICKFIRE Actor Sanjeev Bhaskar on laziness late fatherhood and living within your means - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity QUICKFIRE Actor Sanjeev Bhaskar on laziness late fatherhood and living within your means By You Magazine - July 29, 2018 Getty Guilty pleasure? Terrible Elvis Presley movies – I’m a big Elvis fan – although I don’t think you should feel guilty about pleasures. Where is home? With family. I live in Highgate, North London, but my parents’ place in Hounslow still feels like home. Career plan B? This is my career plan B! I spent eight years in marketing before starting to act and write professionally at the age of 34. Who would play you in a movie of your life? Definitely me – I’m available, I’m cheap and the likeness is remarkable. Biggest bugbear? Binary thinking on issues, in which nuance and complexity play no part. As a child you wanted to be… I remember when I was about five telling an uncle I wanted to be an actor and my dad said, ‘It’s pronounced “doctor”.’ Secret to a happy relationship? Solving problems together. Your best quality? I like people and I’m not judgmental. And your worst? I can be very lazy. Most romantic thing you’ve ever done? I don’t think of myself as romantic, but when my wife [actress and writer Meera Syal] was appearing on Broadway in Bombay Dreams, which she co-wrote, I flew to New York as a surprise. Last meal on earth? Either a Sunday roast or aloo parathas. Dream dinner-party guests? All my close friends. Advice to teenage self? What you do next is who you are – you aren’t defined by what has happened. Cat or dog? We have a cat, Lola, but I suspect I’m a dog person, although I’ve never had one. Starstruck moment? Stephen Fry introducing me to Roger Moore, who became a friend. The whole family were fans of his in The Saint when I was growing up. Big break? Goodness Gracious Me, which was on Radio 4 before moving to television in 1998. Career highlight? Meeting the Pythons when I was playing King Arthur in Spamalot in the West End. I became friends with Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. Favourite tipple? The Crazy Singh Crazy Gin is the best I’ve ever tasted. Top of your bucket list? To play James Bond. One thing that would make your life better? Being fitter. Philosophy? Life is a journey, not a series of destinations. Biggest lesson you have learnt about money? Live within your means and know the difference between what you need and what you want. Biggest lesson you have learnt about women? I will never understand them, but I do know they are equal with men. Last film that made you cry? Paddington 2, if that doesn’t sound too self-serving as I was in it. It’s really moving. First record you bought? The first album was Moody Blue by Elvis and first single was ‘Contact’ by Edwin Starr. Best present you ever received? My son Shaan, who is now 12. I was at an age [42] when I’d started to think I might have missed fatherhood, so it was a nice surprise and a huge privilege. Biggest fear? Suddenly realising that I’ve been a terrible parent. Celebrity crush? Nicola Walker, my co-star in Unforgotten. Happiness is… My family laughing, possibly at me. Unforgotten continues on ITV, Sundays at 9pm Interview by John Koski RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved