Riz Ahmed Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're saying, it hears it. If you don't believe it, it sees it in your eyes, it hears it in your voice that there isn't the conviction there.”

“I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap.”

“I'm always trying to slip out of those labels everyone tries to put round your neck. We all have multiple selves.”

“The fact is, I've been releasing records longer than I've been releasing films, or at least exactly as long.”

“What's interesting about the U.K. is that it celebrates an alternative voice. It's up for telling new stories.”

“I like the idea of being caught between things, always being a bit of an outsider, having an outside eye on things - almost like a Shakespearean fool.”

“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.”