Dev Patel
Dev Patel

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

Dev Patel
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
Dev Patel

I visit India a lot.

Dev Patel
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
Dev Patel

Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.

Dev Patel
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
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
Dev Patel

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

Dev Patel
Dev Patel

Training in taekwondo for eight years and then being able to do it in a film was pretty amazing.

Dev Patel
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
Dev Patel

I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account.

Dev Patel
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.