In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A.,… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
Comedy can reach many more people than, say, a serious lecture on the topic. And comedy might just be the access point… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
I mean, but obviously, in people's eyes, it still - it can still link Islam to terrorism. I mean, why does it… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
If people invited Muslims into their home every week by way of a TV show would go a long way to making… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
In some ways for many years I was off the hook.When my niece was born after that their attention was focused on… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
America undermines its own ideals when it ignores the very values it is promoting around the world. You cannot ask other people… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
I came from a very different sort of background and pedigree from the people who were on "The Daily Show". I was… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
My father got a job at Bradford University in textiles. And he came for - I guess, you know, why do people… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
There's no school that you can go to and learn how to be a "Daily Show" correspondent and how to interview people… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
You do find a lot of your time in the West kind of searching for your place in the world - your voice, your… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, "Gunga Din" has come back. — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
Actually I'm more culturally Muslim than religiously but being Muslim is an important part of my identity. As Muslim, I feel it's important to… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
I mean, but obviously, in people's eyes, it still - it can still link Islam to terrorism. I mean, why does it make a… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
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… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
America undermines its own ideals when it ignores the very values it is promoting around the world. You cannot ask other people in the… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent. — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
I never consciously got into comedy. It was sort of one of those things where I was a theater student, I was acting, I… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
England has an interesting relationship with the Indian subcontinent because the years of colonization and the history between the two places. — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
When my family decided to leave England I could not have been happier. I was sort of like - America seemed like the land… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
My father got a job at Bradford University in textiles. And he came for - I guess, you know, why do people immigrate? -… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
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… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
