Sometimes when you’re inside a story, it’s almost better if you don’t think too much about its wider cultural significance or if you don’t think about how audiences might react to it. That takes you out of the reality of the situation you’re committing to as you’re telling the story. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
The multiculturalism of Britain is one of our greatest strengths in music, literature, and visual art, but the TV and film industry doesn’t tap into the multicultural talent pool in the U.K. as much as they do in the U.S. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
Reshoots are par for the course on any film. For me, I kind of love it because, as an actor, you always feel that there was a way you could have done it differently. Being able to go back and do some stuff again is always a blessing in my eyes. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
I’ve been very lucky to have played a variety of characters, and they weren’t defined by their race. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
There’s this assumption that as an actor, Hollywood is always the end point, but I never thought along those lines. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
When I was growing up, I felt like I had to qualify it and say I’m British-Pakistani. But now I kind of feel like, in this day in age, this is what British looks like. It looks like me; it looks like Idris Elba, and hopefully through Nasir Khan, people will see that that’s what an American can look like as well. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
I never thought acting would be a realistic job for me. Because, quite frankly, I didn’t see people who looked like me doing it. I quickly realized, that’s all the more reason to try. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
Sadly, I have disappointed the surveillance capitalists myself by not yet downloading ‘Pokemon Go.’ But I’m addicted to my phone enough as it is, and I don’t necessarily need that helping hand. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
It’s interesting – what are you willing to give up in terms of your privacy for access to other people? For access to things you think you desperately need. Ultimately, it’s that old saying, isn’t it? If the service is free, then the product is you. The thing being sold is you. There’s a product for sale in you and your data. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
I’m not trying to project any persona. Often people don’t know where to put me. I don’t fit comfortably under banners, and that’s fine. I’m not worried about not making sense to people. That’s probably my best asset. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
