Aasif Mandvi Quotes
I was born in Mumbai, but I grew up in England, and then my adulthood has been in the States. I'm an American stuffed with an English person with an Indian person inside. I feel like those things kind of inform me in some way, which I think helps me as an actor.
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William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.
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I don't feel like sitting around doing nothing would benefit me.
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One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
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A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.
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I've always considered myself a fairly romantic person. I believe in love and falling in love at a young age.
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Major film stars tend to do a film and then have a couple of months off. I'm not a major film star; I'm a jobbing actor.
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I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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As a consumer, I don't create art, but I think whatever the message is, art has to touch you.
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My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that's why I've been seen as mature.
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I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.
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I'm a California girl. I grew up in Inglewood right by LAX.
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Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?
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My boy cousins used to sit my older brother and me down and take us through a film-studies course. It included 'Tremors', 'The Goonies', and, of course, 'Star Wars'. That was when it began: sitting cross-legged watching as the opening crawl goes up the screen.
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I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.
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Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.
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For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.
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The way I think we were living is an invention. The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that.
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Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.
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My first influences were superhero artists.
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My only two weapons: time and silence.
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The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts are attributed to them.
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I was born in Mumbai, but I grew up in England, and then my adulthood has been in the States. I'm an American stuffed with an English person with an Indian person inside. I feel like those things kind of inform me in some way, which I think helps me as an actor.
