When my family decided to leave England I could not have been happier. I was sort of like - America seemed like the land of opportunity and, you know, it was Hollywood to me. — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share
The idea that I had anything to do with speaking about Islam or about the Muslim world was just absurd to my… — 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
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 Image
You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, "Gunga Din" has come back. — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
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 counter any form of bigotry, be it anti-Semitism, homophobia, racism, etc. These forms of hate share a common denominator of misinformation and intentional fear mongering. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
