Comedy Quotes by Kumail Nanjiani

10 Comedy quotes by Kumail Nanjiani

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Kumail Nanjiani blends cultural insight with a dry, observational style. This set of ten quotes gives a quick glimpse of his humor, perfect for a brief yet resonant laugh.

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I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity.

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I started doing standup because of Hugh Grant's best-man speech in 'Four Weddings,' which is basically a standup routine.

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I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from…

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Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh.

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I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other…

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I know what is funny coming out of my mouth and what is not funny coming out of my mouth. You have…

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Philosophy is problem-solving. There's a philosophical problem, and then you try to solve it by approaching it from different angles and seeing…

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I didn't know if I could be funny on stage or write a joke. But I saw that there are no rules.…

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You can get stuck in the trap of reading your YouTube comments all the time. Sometimes I regret it. Not everyone is…

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When I was studying comedy in Chicago, it wasn't long after 9/11. There were a lot Middle Eastern comedians who were doing…

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One of my favorite comedies is 'Shaun of the Dead.'

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I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up.

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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When I started working on 'Michael And Michael,' it was my life for three to four months, and then suddenly it's gone.

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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…

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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…

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A lot of times, it seems like social media has devolved into people just yelling at each other and not really conversing.

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Just because you saw a vampire doesn't mean that a snowman or a Loch Ness Monster also exists.

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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!'…

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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…

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