--- title: "1 Hears Quotes By Riz Ahmed" description: "1 Hears quotes by Riz Ahmed. Plus more from Riz Ahmed and more Hears sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/riz-ahmed-21831_believe_the-camera-or-the-microphone-in-the-boot_828371.jpg" --- > [The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're saying, it hears it. If you don't believe it, it sees it in your eyes, it hears it in your voice that there isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/the-camera-or-the-microphone-in-the-booth-is-merciless-if-you-don-t/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/riz-ahmed-21831_believe_the-camera-or-the-microphone-in-the-boot_828371.jpg) ## More by Riz Ahmed > [My parents, man, they're just the most loving, encouraging... They're like those people who define themselves through their role as parents before people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/my-parents-man-they-re-just-the-most-loving-encouraging-they-re-like/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/i-go-to-a-lot-of-stand-up-comedy-i-find-more-inspiration-from/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [Bandwagons roll through our lives. It's up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/bandwagons-roll-through-our-lives-it-s-up-to-you-whether-you-jump-on/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [The music I make and the process of acting, for me, are both about trying to understand people and get inside what makes us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/the-music-i-make-and-the-process-of-acting-for-me-are-both-about/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're saying, it hears it. If you don't believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/the-camera-or-the-microphone-in-the-booth-is-merciless-if-you-don-t/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [I don't feel that any kind of narrow stereotypes are representative of the work I've done, nor the range of the audience that work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/i-don-t-feel-that-any-kind-of-narrow-stereotypes-are-representative/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [You know my parents, man, they're just the most loving, encouraging… They're like those people who define themselves through their role as parents before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/you-know-my-parents-man-they-re-just-the-most-loving-encouraging-they/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist in 'True…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/first-you-have-stereotypes-and-that-will-be-the-black-drug-dealer-the/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [I'm not trying to project any persona. Often people don't know where to put me. I don't fit comfortably under banners, and that's fine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/i-m-not-trying-to-project-any-persona-often-people-don-t-know-where/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [The racism in South Asia is the most specific racism in the world. It's like racism against a slightly different language group. It's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/the-racism-in-south-asia-is-the-most-specific-racism-in-the-world-it/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [No-one gets a job at 16 and stays in it until 60 any more; we're connected to more people simultaneously than ever before, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/no-one-gets-a-job-at-16-and-stays-in-it-until-60-any-more-we-re/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [The fact is, I've been releasing records longer than I've been releasing films, or at least exactly as long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/the-fact-is-i-ve-been-releasing-records-longer-than-i-ve-been/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [It's crazy how we always hate the things closest to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/it-s-crazy-how-we-always-hate-the-things-closest-to-us/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [The only people who have doubts about the sincerity of my music are people who come to it relatively late, off the back of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/the-only-people-who-have-doubts-about-the-sincerity-of-my-music-are/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) > [I like the idea of being caught between things, always being a bit of an outsider, having an outside eye on things - almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/i-like-the-idea-of-being-caught-between-things-always-being-a-bit-of/) [Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hears/riz-ahmed/#itemlist", "name": "1 Hears Quotes By Riz Ahmed", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. 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