Adeel Akhtar Quotes

There's part of me that would love to wear a ruffly collar and do a period drama, but that's not going to happen. You don't have Asians in those sorts of things.

Adeel Akhtar

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• There's part of me that would love to wear a ruffly collar and do a period drama, but that's not going to happen. You don't have Asians in those sorts of things.

  

  Adeel Akhtar
  • Drama
  • Period