Shaleen Surtie-Richards

"What you see is what you get; I cannot be pretentious"

"If we really want to have a full interview, we can talk for five days. My life is so interesting because of all the shows I’ve done, places I have visited"

"Education is one thing they can’t take away from you"

"We came from a background where we cleaned the theatre, we swept the stage. We came into the industry gradually. That’s what where drug abuse comes in sometimes, because often many young people can’t handle the pressure"

"That’s why giving up teaching was a problem; you used to income monthly and suddenly you freelance and you don’t know where money is going to come from"

"If I add some Afrikaans words to my script abroad and get a reaction I know there’s South African’s present"