"In Hollywood, it's normal to have white men with black women, but the reverse is too threatening."
Naveen: (About "Lost") I think we're sort of pushing the envelope in that way. You won't see this kind of cast anywhere else. It's highly unusual, and if people can learn from that, that would be good.
Naveen: (on "Lost")We're dealing with an immense kind of pressure to keep the quality up. It's make or break this season, quite frankly. ... We have an audience now. We can't let them down.
Naveen: I feel a sense of responsibility to the Iraqi community and to the Arab world.
Naveen: Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
Naveen: If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the show’s completely unpredictable. It’s constantly changing. But I sense something sort of spiritual about the character, that somehow there’s something in him that’s trying to atone for what he’s done in the past.
Naveen: I'm no longer in rehab, i'm fixed, i'm a new person.
Naveen: I’ve been playing the guitar since I was twelve. If I had any other job apart from acting, that’s probably what I would have done.
Naveen: I've always been attracted to older women, because they know who they are, they look infinitely better to me.
Naveen: I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think.
Naveen: I hate watching myself on screen. It physically makes me sick, but tonight I have no choice and will have to bear it.
Naveen: It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.
Naveen: The older I get, the more I'm prepared to do things for the money.
Although Naveen portrays an Iraqi on the show Lost, he is actually British, of Indian descent.
When Naveen was asked what he would bring if he was stranded on an island, He answered, "Sex".
Naveen currently lives in the US, but was born in London.
Naveen announced that his father would call him a prostitute for going out with his Math teacher.
He made his first appearance as an actor in 1991 when he won a role in the movie "London Kills Me".
Naveen suggested that his character Sayid should get together with Shannon (Maggie Grace) in Lost. He calls her 'Miss America'.
Naveen will Appear in the film, Provoked. The movie is to be released before the end of the year.
Naveen's parent's names are Nirmala and Stanley Andrews.
Naveen is the oldest son of his parents who immigrated from India.
While in drama school, Naveen performed in various plays including "King Lear" (as Gloucester), Lorca's "Blood Wedding", and "Two Flanks and a Passion".
As a teen, Naveen performed in a band as lead guitarist and singer.
Naveen puts on an Iraqi accent for his role on LOST.
In 2006, Naveen starred in the crime thriller, The Brave One with Mary Steenburgen and Jodie Foster. In the movie he plays Foster’s fianc?.
Naveen Andrews has been offered a role in Robert Rodriguez's horror movie Planet Terror, no casting information has been finalized yet.
In 2006 Naveen was voted one of People Magazine's 'World's Most Beautiful People'
Naveen was voted Sexiest Survivalist in 2005 by People Magazine.
Naveen's name means "new" in Marathi an Indian language.
Naveen enjoys country music.
At age 16 Naveen stirred up a commotion by moving in with his teacher (Geraldine Feakins). The pair now has a son.
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