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…

— Riz Ahmed

I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap.

— 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…

— Riz Ahmed

The music I make and the process of acting, for me, are both about trying to understand people and get inside what…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Riz Ahmed

First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist…

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— Riz Ahmed

The fact is, I've been releasing records longer than I've been releasing films, or at least exactly as long.

— Riz Ahmed

It's crazy how we always hate the things closest to us.

— Riz Ahmed

The only people who have doubts about the sincerity of my music are people who come to it relatively late, off the…

— Riz Ahmed

I like the idea of being caught between things, always being a bit of an outsider, having an outside eye on things…

— Riz Ahmed

What's interesting about the U.K. is that it celebrates an alternative voice. It's up for telling new stories.

— Riz Ahmed

In terms of negotiating a career - I've always grown up being an insider and an outsider to different worlds, across different…

— Riz Ahmed

I have always been restless, had a lot of energy.

— Riz Ahmed

I'm working it out, man. I'm working through some stuff, trying to find my way like everyone.

— Riz Ahmed

I think that in an Internet age, content is content. As long as you can stand up on the merits of what…

— Riz Ahmed

I think creativity is something that best happens when you have clear parameters. If you're not confined by anything then it's meaningless.…

— Riz Ahmed

Bandwagons roll through our lives. Its up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them…

— Riz Ahmed

I'm always trying to slip out of those labels everyone tries to put round your neck. We all have multiple selves.

— Riz Ahmed

I don't think any of us like to be reduced to just one label.

— Riz Ahmed

I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and…

— Riz Ahmed