I think I discovered my first, you know, my first image of a naked woman was sort of sneaking a peek at one of those magazines that was in my dad’s store.
AASIF MANDVIFor anybody who’s ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used.
More Aasif Mandvi Quotes
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An artist’s job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It’s not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
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I know the Gospel according to Mark better than I know any sura in the Quran.
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We are Muslims. My father would pawn off his Muslim in-laws as Hindus just so that he could get free pancakes.
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Samantha Bee said to me when I first started on the “Daily Show”, she was like no – there is no – the only way you’ll learn this job is by doing this job.
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I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hate, about war, about jihad
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When you’re brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.
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In America, you have this kind of individualism and in the West, essentially, you have this individualism – this idea of my own personal fulfillment.
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For anybody who’s ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used.
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Bradford specifically there were a lot of Pakistanis there. Even today it has a very large Pakistani population.It was something that I experienced
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It’s an organic thing that I try not to analyze too much, because I worry that it will go away.
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Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.
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I think that hijacks the spirituality and beauty that exists within Islam. I believe in allowing Islam to be seen in context and in its entirety and being judged on what it really is, not what you think it is.
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I mean, but obviously, in people’s eyes, it still – it can still link Islam to terrorism. I mean, why does it make a difference that they’re white?
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I’m not really a food connoisseur.
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I was born in India – but never really lived there.
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