Occupation: Comedian Birth: September 29, 1970
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 pr….
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….
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 yo….
I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood..
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 beautifu….
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 tak….
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….
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 blac….
I DJ and I'm a harsh critic of DJs..
There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all..
Im 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? Hes dope! First a….
The self-talk of the ego-mind is so busy describing what is happening, judging whether it is good or bad for us, and telling us what we should think ….
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 ca….
I think for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression..
Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life..
I'm not a media darling. I'm forever the outsider, for whatever the reason is..
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 g….
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 like….
This is our most dangerous addiction - our addiction to things. For it is this addiction that underlies the materialism of our age. And nowhere is th….
The fans in Canada have been there since day one. They're the originals. When people say that's your roots, that's literally my roots. I've just cut ….
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..