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> [Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/growing-up-in-this-post-apartheid-era-the-first-generation-of-teens/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

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## More by Adhir Kalyan

> [Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/growing-up-in-this-post-apartheid-era-the-first-generation-of-teens/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

> [By the time I auditioned for 'Aliens in America,' the July 7 bombing had happened in London. So I'd had those experiences where I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/by-the-time-i-auditioned-for-aliens-in-america-the-july-7-bombing-had/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

> [I usually just go on Google and spend my hours just Googling Jennifer Beals. I think it's possible that I have a slightly unordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/i-usually-just-go-on-google-and-spend-my-hours-just-googling-jennifer/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

> [Perhaps because my background is theatrical, I have a great affinity with the classics. Hamlet has always been a character of great interest to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/perhaps-because-my-background-is-theatrical-i-have-a-great-affinity/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

> [What I try to do with the accent of any character I play is not necessarily to do something that's generic - an Indian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/what-i-try-to-do-with-the-accent-of-any-character-i-play-is-not/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

> [All of the actors that have served to me as inspiration over the years have been those more associated with dramatic work who have,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/all-of-the-actors-that-have-served-to-me-as-inspiration-over-the/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

> [I create a playlist for each and every character that I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/i-create-a-playlist-for-each-and-every-character-that-i-play/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

> [If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/if-i-hadn-t-left-south-africa-i-felt-i-was-at-risk-of-being/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

> [The opportunity to completely become someone else and inhabit them is something that has always fascinated me greatly as an actor. With a bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/the-opportunity-to-completely-become-someone-else-and-inhabit-them-is/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

> [I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/i-was-raised-in-a-spirit-of-the-importance-of-service-to-your-fellow/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

> [I'm not auditioning to play convenience-store clerks. I don't see any benefit in that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adhir-kalyan/i-m-not-auditioning-to-play-convenience-store-clerks-i-don-t-see-any/)

[Adhir Kalyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adhir-kalyan/)

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