We went through a period of time when if you were of Asian descent, you would play a terrorist or you would play, you know, like, the 7-Eleven guy or you would play that. And then really watch television now.
Reshma Shetty
I think that there's so many levels of what is appropriate for an Indian woman to do.
My parents are amazing, but when I was like, 'Well, I'm going to be an actress,' and they're all doctors, that wasn't the best and easiest thing to do. I'm sure that I probably went through a year period when I wasn't telling them exactly what I was doing. But that's going to evolve.
Everybody in my family are doctors.
Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show.
