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" Ideally I'd like to be working steadily as an actor: movies, a TV series, that sort of thing. I've been through a few different TV development cycles, and they didn't work out. When the time and project are right, it'll come together. Like I tell a lot of guys, it's not a race; there's no finish line. "
Race
Line
Movies
" I DJ and I'm a harsh critic of DJs. "
Critic
DJs
Harsh
" 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. "
Seen
Just
Been
" I don't need Hollywood. With or without them, I'll be fine. But I'll admit it would be nice to have them on board. "
Admit
Nice
Need
" I don't think Indian actors are good. A couple of them are, like Anupam Kher, but not many are there like him in the industry. There are thousand of actors and actresses in the industry, but you can count on hand how many of them are really good; the rest of them are just pretty faces. "
Rest
Good
Think
" I don't want to be a part of any Bollywood movie. "
Want
Movie
Bollywood
" 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. "
Beautiful Woman
Beautiful
Good
" 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. "
Correct
You
Loud
" 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. "
My Life
Hate
Life
" I have a phenomenal memory. I remember every single thing that anybody said to me, ever did to me, who was nice to me and who was not nice to me. "
Said
Single
Me
" I like the sound of laughter. I was the guy in the group of friends that would always make the friends laugh. And everyone was like, 'You should do stand up,' so I gave it a shot, and ta-da! They were right. "
You
Stand Up
Laugh
" I love being a dad, and I'm a great dad. "
Dad
Love
Great
" I'm a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in '96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, 'Who is this guy? He's dope!' First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, 'Eh.' He started to get really successful. He wasn't 'mine' anymore. "
Time
Dope
Hip-Hop
" 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. "
People
Always
Know
" I'm not a media darling. I'm forever the outsider, for whatever the reason is. "
Media
Forever
Outsider
" I'm not just saying this, but I love everything about India. "
Just
Saying
Everything
" Indians are the second largest population in the world, but we're invisible on TV - everything is either black or white. "
Black
White
World
" 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. "
Culture
Differences
Environment
" I think a lot of people mistake my confidence on stage for cockiness in real life, and that's actually farthest from the truth. When I'm on stage, I'm that confident and that cocky because I have a microphone in my hand, and there's a few thousand people staring at me. And I know they're there to laugh. "
People
Confidence
Life
" I think for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression. "
Think
About
Acting
" 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. "
People
Yourself
You
" I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood. "
Movies
Career
Doing
" 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. "
Help
Blind
Small
" My dad was the funniest guy I ever knew. "
Ever
Funniest
Guy
" My guiltiest pleasure in life is 'America's Funniest Home Videos.' I watch them all - old, new - I don't care. Despite how bad the writing is on the show. The people getting hit and hurt, that's hilarious. "
Home
America
Life
" 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!' "
Know
Me
You
" 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. "
Age
Young
Back
" On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to be honest with you. I think they probably sound like us when they're in the house. It's how they keep people away from them. "
Believe
Think
You
" 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. "
You
Culture
Black
" 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. "
You
Going
Plan
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