I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education but understood that this is what I wanted to do.
I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12.
My mom she's from Ireland coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona and I hope that more opportunities become available.
I remember my dad who coached football would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.
I think the sport of wrestling which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34 kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write.