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I was 18 when I started. I was hanging out with some friends and they asked if I had tried stand-up before. I hadn't, but I thought: 'What the hell?' So I went to an open mic night, and I liked it.

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Aziz Ansari
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: February 23
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Columbia
South Carolina
Aziz Ishmael Ansari
Aziz Ismail Ansari
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