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Russell Peters

(1970) Comedian Canada

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Russell Peters is a comedian from Canada, best known for Call me Russell.

Quick Facts About Russell Peters

Born: September 29, 1970
Nationality: Canada
Profession: Comedian
Notable works: Call me Russell

About Russell Peters

Russell Dominic Peters is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and producer. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008. In 2013, he was number three on Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid comedians, and became the first comedian to get a Netflix stand-up special. He also won the Peabody Award and the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming for producing Hip-Hop Evolution (2016). He lives in Los Angeles.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Canada's Walk of Fame

Quotes by Russell Peters

Do you know what it is sir? Do you know what the Dance Dance Revolution is? It's not an actual revolution, so…

Bunch

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I hate Bollywood. The movies are all garbage, just terrible. It's my opinion; obviously, there are billions who like and love them.…

Age

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There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all.

Big

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There's always someone who's going to interpret my material as racist, but it's not. Racism comes from intent and power. A racist…

Joke

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I don't want to be a part of any Bollywood movie.

Any

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The fans in Canada have been there since day one. They're the originals. When people say that's your roots, that's literally my…

Been

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I've seen racism in my audiences. For example, I've seen people laugh at every other group, but then clam up when it…

Community

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I like the sound of laughter. I was the guy in the group of friends that would always make the friends laugh.…

Always

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Indians are the second largest population in the world, but we're invisible on TV - everything is either black or white.

Black

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The self-talk of the ego-mind is so busy describing what is happening, judging whether it is good or bad for us, and…

Assumption

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I think for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression.

About

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Comedians are - at the end of the day, we're just a bunch of people that lack a little bit of -…

Bits

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I would get bullied a lot. You know, it was the '70s and '80s, so it was a lot of racism back…

Big mouth

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The fans in Canada have been there since day one. They're the originals. When people say that's your roots, that's literally my…

Canada

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My dad was the funniest guy I ever knew.

Dad

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I'm not a media darling. I'm forever the outsider, for whatever the reason is.

Darling

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Do it [stand-up comedy] because it feels like the right thing to do. Do it because you don't want to do anything…

Comedy

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We tell ourselves that the more time we have at our disposal, the more opportunity we will have of finding greater happiness.…

Culture

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I don't need Hollywood. With or without them, I'll be fine. But I'll admit it would be nice to have them on…

Admit

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I have a phenomenal memory. I remember every single thing that anybody said to me, ever did to me, who was nice…

Memory

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No matter where you are, the root of you is designed from a young age. So if my confidence was taken as…

Age

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People always say 'You do racial comedy.' And I don't, exactly. I do cultural comedy. Because race and culture are two different…

America

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My humour comes from acknowledging different communities. That's what my fans are responding to - they know that I 'get it.' I…

Acknowledging

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Ideally I'd like to be working steadily as an actor: movies, a TV series, that sort of thing. I've been through a…

Cycles

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This is our most dangerous addiction - our addiction to things. For it is this addiction that underlies the materialism of our…

Addiction

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