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Aasif Mandvi quotes: I know the Gospel according to Mark better than I know any sura in the Quran.

I know the Gospel according to Mark better than I know any sura in the Quran.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: Because to Americans, Chechnya might as well be a suburb of Narnia.

Because to Americans, Chechnya might as well be a suburb of Narnia.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I said we are Ghodratis and there's nothing that Ghodratis like more than a bargain.

I said we are Ghodratis and there's nothing that Ghodratis like more than a bargain.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: We are Muslims. My father would pawn off his Muslim in-laws as Hindus just so that he could get free pancakes.

We are Muslims. My father would pawn off his Muslim in-laws as Hindus just so that he could get free pancakes.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: It's an organic thing that I try not to analyze too much, because I worry that it will go away.

It's an organic thing that I try not to analyze too much, because I worry that it will go away.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: Re-colonizing it and sort of reverse-colonizing it to the point that today the national dish of Great Britain is Chicken Tikka Masala.

Re-colonizing it and sort of reverse-colonizing it to the point that today the national dish of Great Britain is Chicken Tikka Masala.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: What's great about 'The Daily Show' is I can use satire and push the envelope. I couldn't do that anywhere else. Even if I was a journalist.

What's great about 'The Daily Show' is I can use satire and push the envelope. I couldn't do that anywhere else. Even if I was a journalist.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: If you choose to be a Muslim then you believe that it is on some level wrong to show the image of the Prophet Muhammad.

If you choose to be a Muslim then you believe that it is on some level wrong to show the image of the Prophet Muhammad.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I mean, but obviously, in people's eyes, it still - it can still link Islam to terrorism. I mean, why does it make a difference that they're white?

I mean, but obviously, in people's eyes, it still - it can still link Islam to terrorism. I mean, why does it make a difference that they're white?

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I'm not really a food connoisseur.

I'm not really a food connoisseur.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: Of course the law's not racist.

Of course the law's not racist.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I'm Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays off.

I'm Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays off.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.

In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I was born in India - but never really lived there.

I was born in India - but never really lived there.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I go to Buzzfeed and 'Huff Po,' IMDB, 'Deadline.' And then I just Google myself, like 'Aasif Mandvi in a hat,' and see what comes up.

I go to Buzzfeed and 'Huff Po,' IMDB, 'Deadline.' And then I just Google myself, like 'Aasif Mandvi in a hat,' and see what comes up.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: When you're a standup comic, you get up and you try stuff, and you're always kind of seeing how far you can push things.

When you're a standup comic, you get up and you try stuff, and you're always kind of seeing how far you can push things.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: Now the bigots have to get creative. Good luck coming up with slurs for Chechens. Go back where you came from, Ushanka head.

Now the bigots have to get creative. Good luck coming up with slurs for Chechens. Go back where you came from, Ushanka head.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past.

Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: England has an interesting relationship with the Indian subcontinent because the years of colonization and the history between the two places.

England has an interesting relationship with the Indian subcontinent because the years of colonization and the history between the two places.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.

I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: In America, you have this kind of individualism and in the West, essentially, you have this individualism - this idea of my own personal fulfillment.

In America, you have this kind of individualism and in the West, essentially, you have this individualism - this idea of my own personal fulfillment.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.

When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: My family is Muslim. But I don't consider myself a very devout Muslim, but a cultural Muslim, whatever that means.

My family is Muslim. But I don't consider myself a very devout Muslim, but a cultural Muslim, whatever that means.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.

One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, "Gunga Din" has come back.

You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, "Gunga Din" has come back.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.

Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I'm a little bit like a turducken: I'm sort of like an Indian person, wrapped in a British person, wrapped in an American kind of thing.

I'm a little bit like a turducken: I'm sort of like an Indian person, wrapped in a British person, wrapped in an American kind of thing.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.

If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: So I had this completely unrealistic idea of what America was - but I wanted to be there.

So I had this completely unrealistic idea of what America was - but I wanted to be there.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: Statistically there is enough voter fraud to sway zero elections.

Statistically there is enough voter fraud to sway zero elections.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I don't want to tell people what they should think.

I don't want to tell people what they should think.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.

The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I've always said I'm the worst representative of Muslim-Americans that's ever existed, because I've been inside more bars than mosques.

I've always said I'm the worst representative of Muslim-Americans that's ever existed, because I've been inside more bars than mosques.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: North Carolina precinct chairman and GOP executive committee member Don Yelton thinks his state's new voting restrictions are just fine.

North Carolina precinct chairman and GOP executive committee member Don Yelton thinks his state's new voting restrictions are just fine.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: I rarely went to the mosque, I never fasted, and I only prayed namaaz on the holy nights because my mom bugged me about it.

I rarely went to the mosque, I never fasted, and I only prayed namaaz on the holy nights because my mom bugged me about it.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: Being American and being an outsider at the same time, it's a perspective I often bring to a character.

Being American and being an outsider at the same time, it's a perspective I often bring to a character.

Aasif Mandvi quotes: For anybody who's ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used.

For anybody who's ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used.