Russell Peters Quotes

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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. I don't like all the singing, dancing and all the dramatic crying. I have never seen a Bollywood film in my life.

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Love, Hate, Dancing

"'I Hate Bollywood' Says Canadian Comedian Russell Peters" by Nyay Bhushan, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 22, 2011.

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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 comes to their community. You can't laugh at everyone else and then not laugh at yourself. You shouldn't be at my show if you can't laugh at yourself.

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Racism, People, Laughing

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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 will tell a joke about a group of people only when they're not in the room. I'll talk about a group of people only when they're in the room.

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Racism, People, Groups

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Terrorists hate Americans. Indians hate each other. A terrorist will blow up an airport. Indians like to work at the airport. That would be counter-productive.

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Hate, Blow, Airports

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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 things. There's black people from America and then there's black people from Africa. Racially, they're the same; culturally, they're extremely different.

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America, Race, Two

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them.

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Stereotype

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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 understand them. I take the time to understand them. I get more complaints from people when I don't talk about them. I've had guys come up to me after a show and go, 'You didn't talk about Latvians!'

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People, Community, Guy

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Self-worth and financial worth become indistinguishable.

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Self Worth, Self, Culture

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I talk about race and culture, and that's what my fans respond to. If you grew up in an environment where race and culture were never an issue for you, or where you don't see the humor in our so-called differences, then you might not respond to what I'm doing.

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Race, Differences, Issues

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If you're politically correct, chances are you're not coming to one of my shows. I get to go onstage and say things that everybody thinks all the time, but can't say out loud.

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Thinking, Chance, Loud

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Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.

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Real, Who I Am, Stage

"The famous comedian most Americans don't know" by Alicia W. Stewart, www.cnn.com. October 16, 2013.

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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 a child, you can gain back a lot of the confidence, but that root of the cavity will still be there.

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Children, Taken, Roots

"The famous comedian most Americans don't know". Interview with Alicia W. Stewart, www.cnn.com. October 16, 2013.

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Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fight, and you're going in with a game plan.

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Fighting, Games, Boxing

"How Russell Peters Got The Last Laugh". Interview with Ross Luippold, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 23, 2013.

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Until you have a child, you won't really understand that you would actually throw yourself in front of a bus for your child. Like, you don't really get it. Like, it's like, 'Hell no.' You know, 'She's only two. I can make another one.' You know? But, you know, you have a baby, and then you actually care about this person.

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Baby, Children, Two

"Talk Asia". www.cnn.com. May 17, 2013.

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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 - we're very insecure, and we want to be loved and liked by everybody. And you know, I could check my Twitter and there could be 150 people that say wonderful things. There'll be one person who says something negative. And all we focus on is that negative.

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Insecure, People, Focus

"TalkAsia" with Monita Rajpal, www.cnn.com. May 17, 2013.

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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.

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White, Black, Population

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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If you look good, you can act in a Bollywood movie, you don't have to be able to act; and Aishwarya Rai is a great example of this. She is a beautiful woman... You look at her, I want to look at her. Damn, she is fine; but stop acting or stop trying to act.

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Beautiful, Trying, Acting

"'I Hate Bollywood' Says Canadian Comedian Russell Peters" by Nyay Bhushan, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 22, 2011.

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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 then towards Indian people. And it wasn't actual hatred, it was just that blind, 'Let's pick on that guy.' You know, and you've got to figure that I was a very small kid. And I had a big mouth, so I'm sure that didn't help.

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Kids, Racism, People

"Talk Asia", www.cnn.com. May 17, 2013.

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

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Media, Forever, Outsiders

"How Russell Peters Got The Last Laugh". Interview with Ross Luippold, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 23, 2013.

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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 else. There is something in you that does not want you to do anything else other than comedy.

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Doe, Want, Comedy

Source: www.rezxmag.com

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Azhar Usman is very funny, deeply spiritual, and extremely hairy. He's like Zach Galifianakis meets Deepak Chopra-and funnier than you'd expect that combination to be.

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Spiritual, Combination

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From the moment we are born our culture encourages us to believe that outer well-being is the source of inner fulfillment ... Wherever we turn the principle is confirmed, encouraging us to become 'human havings' and 'human doings' rather than human beings.

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Believe, Culture, Principles

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

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Thinking, Comedian, Acting

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I'm always amazed at how much people 'get' when I'm performing overseas. I've never had to change my act on my international shows; I just make sure that I've taken some time to get to know the people in those countries before I perform. That's been really useful.

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Country, Taken, People

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I do a lot of cultural material that's based on my traveling around the world. I basically just report what I've seen and where I've been.

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World, Around The World, Materials

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Born: September 29, 1970
Occupation: Comedian
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