I think creativity is something that best happens when you have clear parameters. If you're not confined by anything then it's meaningless. You've go…

- Riz Ahmed

It's crazy how we always hate the things closest to us.

- Riz Ahmed

Bandwagons roll through our lives. Its up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert them.

- Riz Ahmed

I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people's respect with bold film…

- Riz Ahmed

I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap.

- Riz Ahmed

I have always been restless, had a lot of energy.

- Riz Ahmed

The music I make and the process of acting, for me, are both about trying to understand people and get inside what makes us tick. That's the main thi…

- Riz Ahmed

There's this thing, something in the water in America that is so intoxicating as well, that's like your dreams can come true. You can have it all. Yo…

- Riz Ahmed

The racism in South Asia is the most specific racism in the world. It's like racism against a slightly different language group. It's like micro-raci…

- Riz Ahmed