What you see is what you get; I cannot be pretentious - Shaleen Surtie-Richards

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