Aasif Mandvi Quotes
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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I am a human being. When you are frustrated, you do cry. It's more than once that I cried.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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In order to be Miss Anybody you had to have excellent grades, and I had terrible grades because of my dyslexia.
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I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.
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People do bad things, but that doesn't mean they don't have other colors or qualities.
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I have a dear friend here in Toronto, Sarah Millman, who has helped me a lot as a stylist.
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I can always do five, five-minute rounds, any day, even if I was drinking yesterday or doing whatever. I'm a seasoned athlete, an endurance athlete, and I'm always working out.
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When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.
