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My tenure at 'The Daily Show' started during the decade after September 11, and fear of Muslims was at an all-time high. Politicians and the media seemed to dial the fright, mistrust, and animosity up to a fever pitch to gain votes and ratings.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: After All-Time Animosity Daily Daily Show Decade Dial Fear Fever Fright Gain High Media Mistrust Muslims Pitch Politicians Ratings Seemed September Show Started Tenure Up Votes

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For my parents' generation, the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love; it was a partnership. It's about creating family; it's about creating offspring. Indian culture is essentially much more of a 'we' culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: About Best Communal Community Creating Culture Essentially Family Generation Idea Indian Indian Culture Kind Love Marriage More Much Offspring Parents Partnership Romantic Romantic Love Some Where You

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The great joy of doing 'The Daily Show' for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I am commenting on the absurdity of both sides as an outsider and insider. Sometimes I'm playing the brown guy, and sometimes I'm not, but the best stuff I do always goes back to being a brown kid in a white world.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: Absurdity Always Am Back Being Best Between Both Both Sides Brown Commenting Cultures Daily Daily Show Doing Fence Get Goes Great Great Joy Guy Insider Joy Kid Me Outsider Playing Show Sides Sit Sometimes Stuff White World I Am

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

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: Acknowledge Bad Differences Reducing Someone Stereotyping You

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I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hate, about war, about jihad - I think that hijacks the spirituality and beauty that exists within Islam. I believe in allowing Islam to be seen in context and in its entirety and being judged on what it really is, not what you think it is.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: About Allowing Beauty Been Being Being Judged Believe Context Entirety Exists Hate Hijacked Idea Islam Jihad Judged Muslims Really Seen Spirituality Terrorists Think War Within You I Think I Believe I Believe In

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I was born in Mumbai, but I grew up in England, and then my adulthood has been in the States. I'm an American stuffed with an English person with an Indian person inside. I feel like those things kind of inform me in some way, which I think helps me as an actor.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: Actor Adulthood American Been Born England English Feel Grew Helps Indian Inform Inside Kind Like Me Mumbai Person Some States Stuffed Then Things Think Those Up Way Which I Think I Feel I Feel Like I Was Born

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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

Topics: About Anywhere Anywhere Else Daily Daily Show Else Envelope Even Great Journalist Push Satire Show Use I Can

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In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people who have never tried Indian food... they've never even tasted it!

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: America Asian Being Chicago Even Exotic Food Go Indian Kind Never New New York Outside People South Still Tasted Think Tried Who York You

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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.

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Topics: Away Britain Come Fact Foreigner Get Matter Never View Where You

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Traditional television as we have known it will make love to the Internet and have a child. That child will be the future. It's already happening, and it's hot!

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: Child Future Happening Hot Internet Known Love Make Television Traditional Will

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Actor

Born: March 5th, 1966

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