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I did a play called 'Disgraced' in 2012 at Lincoln Center, which ultimately won the Pulitzer Prize. I played the lead character, a Muslim American, who had renounced Islam and became very anti-Islam.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: American Became Center Character Did Had Islam Lead Lincoln Muslim Play Played Prize Pulitzer Ultimately Very Which Who Won

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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

Topics: Always Career Create Did Myself One Thing Other People Thing Things Trying Writing

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The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: About Actually Arm Average Because Care Deals Dollar Far Go Hollywood Hollywood Movies Hope India Indian Kids Like Makes Many Million Miss Movie Movies Over Own People Resonates See Story Too Two Want Watch

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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

Topics: American Bit British Indian Kind Like Little Little Bit Person Sort Thing Wrapped

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That's the Indian in me - you must put spices on everything. As a kid, whenever we got sick, my mom would take milk and put turmeric in it. That was our medicine. That was the cure-all. Some people turn to Robitussin.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: Everything Got Indian Kid Me Medicine Milk Mom Must Our People Put Sick Some Some People Spices Take Turn Whenever Would You

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

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: American Being Bring Character Often Outsider Perspective Same Same Time Time

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I've actually changed my view of Los Angeles. When I was younger, I hated it, because I thought it was fake and superficial. As I've gotten older, I've found that to be absolutely true, but I don't care.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: Absolutely Actually Angeles Because Care Changed Fake Found Gotten Hated Los Los Angeles Older Superficial Thought True View Younger

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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

Topics: Deadline Go Google Hat Just Like Myself See Then Up

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Actor

Born: March 5th, 1966

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