Quotes by Aziz Ansari

About Aziz Ansari:

Aziz Ishmael Ansari is an American actor and comedian. He starred as Tom Haverford on the NBC show Parks and Recreation.
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Like with 'Parks and Recreation,' it's so much fun because the people writing it are funny and they're open and you just go in there and have a good time. It's pretty much the easiest job I've ever had.

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I'm the kind of person, if I see something, like a funny video, I want to share it. With Twitter and Tumblr you can do that on a mass scale, and people get to know your personality.

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Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life. Or the scariest thing I've ever heard in my life.

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The whole idea of love is scary - so is being with someone for the rest of your life and being happy with them for the rest of your life. There's lots of research to suggest that, actually, love's not really that simple.

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I weirdly do consider myself an optimist about love.

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Every single person, pretty much, is taught what they're supposed to do: go to school, get a job, find someone to love, get married, have kids, raise the kids, and then die. Nobody questions that. What if you want to do something different?

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I guess my music taste is pretty predictable: I like new indie rock stuff, older stuff.

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I was a dishwasher at one of those Japanese places that cook on your table. Not too fun.

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One of the big things I miss about New York is not my friends so much; it's Shake Shack, the burger place. I miss Shake Shack.

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I was 18 when I started. I was hanging out with some friends and they asked if I had tried stand-up before. I hadn't, but I thought: 'What the hell?' So I went to an open mic night, and I liked it.

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After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that has worked a bunch of times and then one night it'll flop. And that's when I really take a hard look at myself and say: 'Well, that crowd is...

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Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you.

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Acting is a plum gig, and then animation is an even more plum gig.

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I know my fan base is a smart group of people.

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With stand-up, it's more interesting to hear about people's failures than their successes.

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It's the hardest thing to come up with an hour of material that can consistently keep people laughing.

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You go to any Jay-Z concert, and he plays his hits. Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on. It's the hardest thing.

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Even in my stand-up, there's a lot more positivity and enthusiasm rather than negative, I-hate-everything vibes.

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Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession.

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After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that has worked a bunch of times, and then one night it'll flop.

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London seems to be a town with a lot of comedy fans and people that really enjoy stand-up.

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Author Bio

  • NameAziz Ansari
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and stand-up comedian
  • BornFebruary 23, 1983
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor