Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
It's the hardest thing to come up with an hour of material that can consistently keep people laughing. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Do It Under the Influence Yourself! That's what we're shooting for! Get drunk and make your dreams come true. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
With stand-up, it's more interesting to hear about people's failures than their successes. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
London seems to be a town with a lot of comedy fans and people that really enjoy stand-up. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
You should really treat stand-up like you would a play. It's a one-man play. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
I'm in a situation with this girl that's as hopeless as overthrowing the Bush administration. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
I'm kind of obsessed with food. I like to eat. When I tour, it's like, well, like a food tour as much… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
You go to any Jay-Z concert, and he plays his hits. Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
I always hate telling my jokes in print 'cause I always feel like it reads so not funny and people read it… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
It's much more fun to share and laugh at the bad times and the frustrations. I find you get a much deeper… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
With stand-up, I can have an idea, go down the street to a comedy club and work on it, flesh it out,… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
It can take a few months to get a new 10 minutes. Usually it takes like 10 times of repeatedly trying different… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
I was 18 when I started. I was hanging out with some friends and they asked if I had tried stand-up before.… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
It's hard to really get that excited about movies. Think about it like this: how many good comedy movies come out a… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
When I tour, it's like, well, like a food tour as much as a comedy tour. I try to eat at all… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
My dad grew up basically in a hut in Taiwan without enough food to eat. And within one generation his son in… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Some comedians will tour and do these classic bits all the time. But now with YouTube and Comedy Central, people see your… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Writing your own jokes, you just kind of keep working on something until you think it might work, and then you try… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
I can't think of any bank robbery comedy where it's about two normal guys. It's kind of like Superbad meets Heat, which… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Really good comedians, you know, when they go on stage, they don't really care what the audience - they're fearless, you know?… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Other than friends and family, my favorite things are New York and stand-up. I love doing comedy in New York - I… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
Your favorite kind of cake can't be birthday cake, that's like saying your favorite kind of cereal is breakfast cereal. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
Most single people I know, myself included, have a difficult time even meeting up with the people they like, be it busy schedules, texting… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
Others fear what the morrow may bring. I am afraid of what happened yesterday. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
For the majority of the time, I may as well have been just a really tan white kid. You know, I may as well… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
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,… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
You go to any Jay-Z concert, and he plays his hits. Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
Let's have a moment of silence for all the chubby Asian dudes that are getting 'Gangnam style!' yelled at them by bros around the… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
Writing your own jokes, you just kind of keep working on something until you think it might work, and then you try it out… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
At the risk bragging, one of the things I'm best at is riding coattails. Behind every successful man is me, smiling and taking partial… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
“Rather than compare actual jobs, with their various pros and cons, in their minds they wound up selecting the features of each particular job… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
“Yale sociologist John Ellsworth Jr. said after a study of marriage patterns in Simsbury, Connecticut (population 3,941): “People will go as far as they… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life. Or the scariest thing I've ever… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
Do It Under the Influence Yourself! That's what we're shooting for! Get drunk and make your dreams come true. — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
If someone writes something shitty and you actually address them, most of the time they're just like, "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm a big fan."… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share
