Latest Aziz Ansari Quotes from Interviews

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• Really good comedians, you know, when they go on stage, they don't really care what the audience - they're fearless, you know? They're so comfortable that they don't care. They don't have that neediness where they need the laughs.

  Aziz Ansari

  Laughing, Fearless, Comedian

  Source: www.npr.org

• We've always been divided by some of these big political issues. It's fine. As long as we treat each other with respect and remember that ultimately, we're all Americans, we'll be fine.

  Aziz Ansari

  Long, Political, Remember

  "Aziz Ansari On 'Master Of None' And How His Parents Feel About Acting". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 24, 2017.

• The problem is there's a new group. I'm talking about this tiny slice of people that have gotten way too fired up about the Trump thing for the wrong reasons. I'm talking about these people that as soon as Trump won, they're like, we don't have to pretend like we're not racist anymore. We don't have to pretend anymore. We can be racist again. Whoa, whoa, whoa, no, no. If you're one of these people, please go back to pretending.

  Aziz Ansari

  People, Racist, Problem

  "Aziz Ansari On 'Master Of None' And How His Parents Feel About Acting". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 24, 2017.

• I know when someone that's not you tries to tell your story, especially when you don't look like the person whose story you're trying to tell, you're going to screw it up. And the only way to get it right is to have them be as involved as possible.

  Aziz Ansari

  Trying

  "Aziz Ansari On 'Master Of None' And How His Parents Feel About Acting". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 24, 2017.

• Maybe that's why I don't like religion because the first introduction to it was, you don't get to do that thing you just discovered that you really enjoy.

  Aziz Ansari

  Enjoy, Introduction

  Source: www.npr.org

• Everyone just did what their parents did. So that immediately made me skeptical of the whole religion thing, even as a kid. So I never was really into religion as a concept.

  Aziz Ansari

  Kids, Parent, Skeptical

  "Aziz Ansari On 'Master Of None' And How His Parents Feel About Acting". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, wbgo.org. May 24, 2017.

• As I always have with stand-up or anything, you kind of draw on what you're going through in your life.

  Aziz Ansari

  Kind, Draws

  "Aziz Ansari on Master of None, Modern Romance, and Making His Dad a Star". Interview with Gerri Miller, www.thegloss.com. February 5, 2016.

• If it's possible, I binge. There are other shows, like 'The Americans' and 'Game of Thrones,' I watch and have to wait a week.

  Aziz Ansari

  Games, Waiting, Watches

  Producers Impact Report 2016, variety.com.

• My dad grew up basically in a hut in Taiwan without enough food to eat. And within one generation his son in America gets to do a comedy show about whatever he wants.

  Aziz Ansari

  Dad, Son, America

  "‘Master of None’ Creators Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang on Turning Dinner Conversation into Michelin Star TV". Interview with Ben Travers, www.indiewire.com. November 6, 2015.

• Instead of yelling your opinion, or telling people to shut up, or engaging in this clickbait-internet culture, have a dialogue with someone and ask people questions and listen to what they have to say.

  Aziz Ansari

  Yelling, People, Culture

  "Aziz Ansari gets candid, personal about his candid, personal Netflix show". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. November 02, 2015.

• I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

  Aziz Ansari

  Writing, Character, People

  "Aziz Ansari gets candid, personal about his candid, personal Netflix show". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. November 02, 2015.

• I can't think of any bank robbery comedy where it's about two normal guys. It's kind of like Superbad meets Heat, which is a cool combo, and it's just fun doing a normal guy that's robbing a bank.

  Aziz Ansari

  Fun, Thinking, Two

  "Aziz Ansari and Dilshad Vadsaria On Set Interview 30 Minutes or Less". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 10, 2011.

• Any jokes I make I try to make sure it's on story and helps the characters and makes sense with the movie.

  Aziz Ansari

  Character, Trying, Stories

  "Aziz Ansari and Dilshad Vadsaria On Set Interview 30 Minutes or Less". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 10, 2011.

• Most of my teachers when I grew up were like older white women. So, I couldn't really channel them.

  Aziz Ansari

  Teacher, White, Grew Up

  "Aziz Ansari and Dilshad Vadsaria On Set Interview 30 Minutes or Less". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 10, 2011.

• I think when people talk about improvising it turns into this silly thing like, "Oh there's like a hula hoop there and I'm like 'Oh what's going on here? Is this a really big ring?'"

  Aziz Ansari

  Silly, Thinking, People

  "Aziz Ansari and Dilshad Vadsaria On Set Interview 30 Minutes or Less". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 10, 2011.

• I never had the desire to be a professional Twitterer. Every now and then something dumb pops into my head and I'll tweet it. I don't feel any obligation to respond to everyone. Not that I don't appreciate people sending me messages on there, but there are too many. Responding to everyone would take away time for all the stuff I'm actually in the business for.

  Aziz Ansari

  People, Appreciate, Dumb

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. July 23, 2012.

• You should really treat stand-up like you would a play. It's a one-man play.

  Aziz Ansari

  Men, Play, Like You

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. July 23, 2012.

• If someone writes something shitty and you actually address them, most of the time they're just like, "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm a big fan." And they're really nice people. When you're on the Internet, it's people's first instinct to just go after people.

  Aziz Ansari

  Sorry, Nice, Writing

  Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. February 3, 2010.

• Regardless of your ethnicity or anything, if you do great work, people will notice and you'll get hired.

  Aziz Ansari

  Ethnicity, People, Great Work

• I always hate telling my jokes in print 'cause I always feel like it reads so not funny and people read it and they think, 'Oh, so that's what that guy does in his stand-up? That's terrible.'

  Aziz Ansari

  Hate, Thinking, People

  "What Aziz Ansari Doesn't Know About Tacos". Interview with Stacey Grenrock Woods, www.esquire.com. December 20, 2010.

• You've got to be pretty confident that you're good. If I do a show and for whatever reason no one laughs, I'll be like, 'Wow, those people are weird'.

  Aziz Ansari

  People, Laughing, Wow

  "What Aziz Ansari Doesn't Know About Tacos". Interview with Tacey Grenrock Woods, www.esquire.com. December 20, 2010.

• Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on.

  Aziz Ansari

  Comedian, Hours, Brands

  "Q+A: Aziz Ansari, Overachiever". Interview with Adam K. Raymond, www.esquire.com. April 25, 2012.

• I live in L.A., I go on tour all the time, I'm in New York half the year - it's very hard to be in a relationship.

  Aziz Ansari

  New York, Years, Goes On

  "Aziz Ansari Wants to Help Men Date Better". Interview with Dan Reilly, www.esquire.com. December 28, 2013.

• Everyone's first thought is "These women are going to take advantage of you" or "Someone's only going to date you because you're famous." That stuff's not really an issue because that's super-easy to see through.

  Aziz Ansari

  Issues, Stuff, Firsts

  "Aziz Ansari Wants to Help Men Date Better". Interview with Dan Reilly, www.esquire.com. December 28, 2013.

• I've never done online dating.

  Aziz Ansari

  Dating, Done, Online

  "Aziz Ansari Wants to Help Men Date Better". Interview with Dan Reilly, www.esquire.com. December 28, 2013.