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17 quotes by Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani Nanjiani speaking at Wondercon 2012 in Anaheim, California on March 17, 2012 Born (1978-02-21) February 21, 1978 (age 36) Karachi, Pakistan Ethnicity Pakistani Citizenship American Occupation Actor, stand-up comedian Years active 2008–present Spouse(s) Emily V. Gordon Kumail Nanjiani (/kuːˈmɛl nɑːndʒ(i)ˈjɑːni/ koo-MEL-nahn-JYAH-nee; born 21 February 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor and podcast...
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You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate... →

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I love, love, love the street-cart food. Gyros are like a meat-flavored fruit roll-up. A meat roll-up.

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I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really like it.

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I stay home. It's the best place to be alone. There is hardly any walk-through traffic.

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I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.

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I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from my life.

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I'm from a family of doctors, and I think they really wanted me to be a doctor. I even sort of assumed I would be a doctor.

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If you do a sketch, that's a very short narrative. Stand-up, it's bit-to-bit, minute-long narratives.

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Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh.

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When I started working on 'Michael And Michael,' it was my life for three to four months, and then suddenly it's gone.

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Wikipedia is kind of weird. I feel it's lame to put up my own page, but I desperately want someone else to do it.

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Honestly, I would love to be friends with Fox Mulder on 'The X-Files.' That's almost a little too obvious, but that would be my answer.... →

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I never really got into game shows. The easiest one is 'Wheel Of Fortune' because you just have to know words, and for the most part everyone... →

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