I started doing standup because of Hugh Grant's best-man speech in 'Four Weddings,' which is basically a standup routine. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
I know what is funny coming out of my mouth and what is not funny coming out of my mouth. You have… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
Philosophy is problem-solving. There's a philosophical problem, and then you try to solve it by approaching it from different angles and seeing… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
You can get stuck in the trap of reading your YouTube comments all the time. Sometimes I regret it. Not everyone is… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
I didn't know if I could be funny on stage or write a joke. But I saw that there are no rules.… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
When I was studying comedy in Chicago, it wasn't long after 9/11. There were a lot Middle Eastern comedians who were doing… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
I was on this path to becoming a computer-science guy, but I didn't like it. I got no joy from it. It was very,… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
TV requires a lot more patience. No one's ever like, 'I gotta get up at 5 A.M. and write my stand-up!' It's an easy… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
I want to be so famous that I'm the pop-culture reference that people would make to try and be racist to me. So I'd… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
When I started working on 'Michael And Michael,' it was my life for three to four months, and then suddenly it's gone. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
Because of the Internet, you're sort of forced to deal with people from very different backgrounds and beliefs. It's a great challenge of our… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
I didn't know if I could be funny on stage or write a joke. But I saw that there are no rules. If you're… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
A lot of times, it seems like social media has devolved into people just yelling at each other and not really conversing. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
Just because you saw a vampire doesn't mean that a snowman or a Loch Ness Monster also exists. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate yourself!'… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
Studio execs were like, ''Lord of the Rings!' People want to see sword-and-dragon-type things!' No, people just want to see great stories. Hollywood always… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
Living in Pakistan, you didn't have a sense of how huge and varied America was, geographically. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
You can get stuck in the trap of reading your YouTube comments all the time. Sometimes I regret it. Not everyone is going to… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really like it. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share
