First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist in 'True Lies.' Then you have stuff that takes place on culturally specific terrain, that engages with it,… — 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. I'm not worried about not making sense to people. That's probably my best asset. — 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
