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 micro-racism. — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
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… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap. — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
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… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
The music I make and the process of acting, for me, are both about trying to understand people and get inside what makes us… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
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… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
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… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
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… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist in 'True… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
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.… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
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… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
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… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
The fact is, I've been releasing records longer than I've been releasing films, or at least exactly as long. — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
