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Aasif Mandvi Biography

Aasif Hakim Mandviwala (born March 5, 1966), known professionally as Aasif Mandvi (/ˈɑːsɪf ˈmɑːndvi/, AH-sif MAHND-vee), is a British-American actor and comedian. He began appearing as an occasional contributing correspondent on The Daily Show on August 9, 2006. On March 12, 2007, he was promoted to a regular correspondent. He is the lead actor, co-writer and producer of the web series Halal in the Family, which premiered on Funny or Die in 2015, and an actor, writer and co-producer of the HBO comedy series The Brink. Mandvi is also the author of the book No Land's Man.

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If people invited Muslims into their home every week by way of a TV show would go a long way to making people feel comfortable with Muslims and countering misconceptions about who we are. Plus, of course, that will make it easier for us to impose sharia law across America.

Comfortable, Home, Long, People, Sharia

Of course the law's not racist.

Course, Courses, Law, Racist

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

Born, India, Lived

For my parents it was all about getting a deal, my dad came to America and he heard of this concept of brunch. He didn't quite know what it was. And he thought it was this other meal that existed between breakfast and lunch. He was kind of like - I remember he sort of was like America has so much food that between breakfast and lunch they have to stop and eat again. They have brunch. It was completely legal it was, like, a legal meal that you could have. I mean, clearly it wasn't the only reason he came to America, but I think it certainly sweetened the pot for him.

Clearly, Dad, Mean, Stop, Thinking

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

Bashing, Beats, Kind, Used

I think I discovered my first, you know, my first image of a naked woman was sort of sneaking a peek at one of those magazines that was in my dad's store.

Dad, Image, Naked, Store, Thinking, Woman

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

Come, England, Gunga, Pretty, Pubs, Today

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

According, Knows, Mark, Quran

Comedy can reach many more people than, say, a serious lecture on the topic. And comedy might just be the access point to reach people who want to be entertained and also learn something.

Comedy, Lecture, People, Serious

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.

Believe, Exists, Hate, Idea, Seen, War

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

America, Idea, Ideas, Kind, Personal, West

The idea that I had anything to do with speaking about Islam or about the Muslim world was just absurd to my family. . . . I hadn't been to the mosque in like 10 years.

Ideas, Islam, Like, Mosque, Speaking, Years

Actually I'm more culturally Muslim than religiously but being Muslim is an important part of my identity. As Muslim, I feel it's important to counter any form of bigotry, be it anti-Semitism, homophobia, racism, etc. These forms of hate share a common denominator of misinformation and intentional fear mongering.

Bigotry, Hate, Important, Racism, Share

I came from a very different sort of background and pedigree from the people who were on "The Daily Show". I was an actor. I was sort of - the irony is that I've done as much dramatic work in my career as comedic work and I don't really think of myself as a comedian.

Actor, Careers, Comedic, Done, People, Thinking

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

Analyze, Away, Going Away, Trying, Worry

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

Like, Logic, Used, Violence

I think one of my favorite pieces I've ever done on the show which was about Hezbollah Israel conflict in 2006 and it was very pointed. It was a beautifully crafted piece of satire and it's a weird thing to say but it had a joke in there about 9
11 and I remember the audience sort of laughing but also kind of not knowing how to respond to that joke and it was just so - and I remember the tension after we did this joke on the air and there was this palpable gasp in the audience, but they were also laughing. And I thought oh, wow, that is something that is not being said in the Zeitgeist.

Air, Knowing, Piece, Pointed, Thinking

America undermines its own ideals when it ignores the very values it is promoting around the world. You cannot ask other people in the world to follow the law and act responsibly if we don't do the same. . . and being afraid is not an excuse.

Act, America, Law, People, Responsibly, Same

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

Might, Narnia, Chechnya, Americans, Suburb

I thought [when I was 16] my days were just going to be spent hanging out on a beach and my girlfriend was going to be Miss Teen USA and my best friend will be a dolphin.

Beach, Days, Girlfriend, Spent, Thought, Usa

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