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.
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The great joy of doing 'The Daily Show' for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I am commenting on the absurdity of both sides as an outsider and insider. Sometimes I'm playing the brown guy, and sometimes I'm not, but the best stuff I do always goes back to being a brown kid in a white world.
Aasif Mandvi
When I was 11 my friend's mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, 'I'm never eating anything else again.' And I still eat peanut butter every day. I would put peanut butter on a steak.
Aasif Mandvi
Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past.
Aasif Mandvi
Statistically there is enough voter fraud to sway zero elections.
Aasif Mandvi
If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.
Aasif Mandvi
