Maz Jobrani Quotes

#1. I tend not to make fun of religious groups anywhere I play.

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#2. Definitely in the West, we're all cast as the same now. Whether you're Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Iranian, Afghan or whatever, you just get thrown into this category. And nine times out of 10, you're depicted as bad.

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#3. When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, 'I think I heard you say lawyer.'

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#4. So why someone would kill themselves to be with seventy-two inexperienced women is beyond me.

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#5. You know, funny can be universal.

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#6. If you come from a place of love, and you're not saying, 'I'm better than you,' that's one thing that allows you to talk about different ethnicities. It's almost like laughing with each other.

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#7. Americans don't know a lot about the Middle East - [they] don't know we laugh.

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#8. If you do finish the book and are still scared of me and people of my ilk, then I recommend you schedule an appointment with a therapist. Either that, or try writing your own book

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#9. I want to show another side of Middle Easterners. My hope is that I would be able to play a variety of parts, and not always be the guy with the accent.

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