I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.

It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar.

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.

Ideally, it would be nice if you could earn enough money to kick on from boxing and use the finances to start a business. Realistically, that doesn't happen.

What point is there to all the wealth and power that America may have if they can't look after its own?

It is more important for Labour to raise the reputation of politics than for the Tories, who are only in politics for the money.

I had to let go of many things because we did not have much money growing up. Like joining the Film Institute in Pune or learning the piano.