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It's an organic thing that I try not to analyze too much, because I worry that it will go away.
Aasif Mandvi
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Aasif Mandvi
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: March 5
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Film Actor
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Television Actor
Bombay
Aasif Mandviwala
Aasif H. Mandviwala
Aasif Hakim Mandviwala
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I was a fan of The Daily Show I watched it,I never imagined being on it, but I figured I would just go down there and do my best Stephen Colbert impression.
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Traditional television as we have known it will make love to the Internet and have a child. That child will be the future. It's already happening, and it's hot!
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I think you had the GOP down there in North Carolina reaching out to African-American voters and this guy coming on television and using the N-word and saying what Don Yelton said.
Aasif Mandvi
My father got a job at Bradford University in textiles. And he came for - I guess, you know, why do people immigrate? - like, for a better life to find, you know, a new world. And, you know, I think he always - he saw it as an opportunity. And so yeah so we came to this coal mining town in the north of England and that's where I grew up.
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Samantha Bee said to me when I first started on the Daily Show, she was like no - there is no - the only way you'll learn this job is by doing this job.
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Of course the law's not racist.
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When my family decided to leave England I could not have been happier. I was sort of like - America seemed like the land of opportunity and, you know, it was Hollywood to me.
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I think I discovered my first, you know, my first image of a naked woman was sort of sneaking a peek at one of those magazines that was in my dad's store.
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I came from a very different sort of background and pedigree from the people who were on The Daily Show. I was an actor. I was sort of - the irony is that I've done as much dramatic work in my career as comedic work and I don't really think of myself as a comedian.
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In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.
Aasif Mandvi
Indian culture is essentially much more of a we culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.
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It is ironic that it doesn't matter how successful I am in any other capacity. Ultimately, my parents marker is do you have a wife? And do you have children?
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I don't want to tell people what they should think.
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An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
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The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.
Aasif Mandvi
I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.
Aasif Mandvi
For anybody who's ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used.
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I mean, but obviously, in people's eyes, it still - it can still link Islam to terrorism. I mean, why does it make a difference that they're white?
Aasif Mandvi
The idea that I had anything to do with speaking about Islam or about the Muslim world was just absurd to my family. ... I hadn't been to the mosque in like 10 years.
Aasif Mandvi
I think politicians and comedians have a lot in common. One is a group of approval-seeking narcissists who will say and do anything to be liked... and comedians are always talking about politics.
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