Apparently, it makes me hard to shop for because I'm constantly buying myself presents. — Nish Kumar Buying Copy Share Image
I wasn't as cynical about Britain as a lot of friends of mine who are also people of colour. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
There's a fear when you're a comedian of just being hectoring, so you do try to fight against that. — Nish Kumar Being Copy Share Image
August is the time when I can feel myself getting stronger as a comedian. I'm at the height of my powers come… — Nish Kumar August Copy Share Image
I'm interested in offence and why people take offence in certain ways about certain things. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
You always appreciate it when people stick your neck out to support you. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
I've still got a bit of angst about campaigning for a particular party. I want to write jokes about whoever I want… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
I like having my mistakes corrected, but I wonder if it's because you're forced to have a certain humility if you're not… — Nish Kumar Failure Copy Share Image
I got out of university and there was a general panic throughout my family as to what I was going to do.… — Nish Kumar Family Copy Share Image
When I left my family home and had finished university, I stayed in South London but moved closer to London's center, to… — Nish Kumar Family Copy Share Image
Doing political comedy you do feel guilty that you aren't trying to change problems, you are merely exploiting them for your own… — Nish Kumar Change Copy Share Image
I'm sure when alternative comedy started, before which - Billy Connolly aside - standup was essentially a person being racist and sexist… — Nish Kumar Comedy Copy Share Image
If you're reaching for a local reference to drop for a place that is typical of everything wrong with Britain, you would… — Nish Kumar Country Copy Share Image
I might have been lucky to grow up in the 90s, but I think, actually, we started getting complacent about prejudice. We… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
There's a 'Seinfeld' episode, where he talks about why he can't get angry, because his voice rises to a comedic pitch and… — Nish Kumar Angry Copy Share Image
I think I spent a lot of my mid-twenties thinking it was a problem of my onstage persona. But, actually, it was… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
I'm a standup comedian who can't drive. I have never learned. I don't trust my hand-eye coordination. You're looking at someone who… — Nish Kumar Comedian Copy Share Image
When refugees are at a distance it's easy to be compassionate. — Nish Kumar Compassion Copy Share Image
I wish sometimes I had a passion for hats and cheese and I could do a fun show about putting hats on… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
I'm quite good at Lego and Fifa, but they don't translate in the real world. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
I have a Stratocaster, which is part of my long, doomed ambition to become Jimi Hendrix. — Nish Kumar Ambition Copy Share Image
Frustration with the trains is inevitable, given the daily difficulties commuters face. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
If you can build up a sense of self-confidence if you're non-white by the time you're 15, 16 then that can't be… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
As a kid who illegally streamed 'The Daily Show' it has always been a goal of mine. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
We were in denial about the extent to which Britain had cured itself of the poison of racism. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
I consider it, the life of being a comedian - they have a right to boo me. — Nish Kumar Being Copy Share Image
When I am on stage, I am often thinking about what I will eat after the show. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
One of the things I've stopped doing is going out of my way to make people feel OK about their mistakes. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
For many of us, football is both a source of frustration and absolute euphoria. — Nish Kumar Euphoria Copy Share Image
But I like the process of putting a show together and the impact that Edinburgh has on me as a performer. — Nish Kumar Edinburgh Copy Share Image
When you're walking down the street and a kid shouts 'paki' it does start to get to you. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
