What’s interesting about the U.K. is that it celebrates an alternative voice. It’s up for telling new stories. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
I think that in an Internet age, content is content. As long as you can stand up on the merits of what you’re doing right at that moment and aren’t just relying on your success in doing something else, it’s all good; people will respect you. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
In terms of negotiating a career – I’ve always grown up being an insider and an outsider to different worlds, across different classes and cultures, so I have always naturally liked making films or music that puts things in unexpected places. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
My parents, man, they’re just the most loving, encouraging… They’re like those people who define themselves through their role as parents before people in their own rights. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
No-one gets a job at 16 and stays in it until 60 any more; we’re connected to more people simultaneously than ever before, whether online or on our phones. We wear so many different hats within one day, one week, a lifetime. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people’s respect with bold film making and then win a special place in people’s collections, rather than just having the biggest opening weekends. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
The music I make and the process of acting, for me, are both about trying to understand people and get inside what makes us tick. That’s the main thing that excites me. Our sense of who we really are and what drives us. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
Anyone driving great social change, willingly or not, is going to be a fascinating contradictory mix of idealism and ego. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
Multiculturalism isn’t just a buzzword; it’s not just something to debate – I am multiculturalism. Riz Ahmed Read Quote
