Russell Peters Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“You do stand-up because you have to do it. If you're doing it to become 'famous,' you're wrong. If you're doing it to become a millionaire, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. In 2003, I was flat broke. I'd been doing stand-up for 14 years at that point. I loved it and just kept at it.”

“My dad was the funniest guy I ever knew.”

“I don't want to be a part of any Bollywood movie.”

“I think for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression.”

“I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood.”

“Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.”

“I don't think Indian actors are good. A couple of them are, like Anupam Kher, but not many are there like him in the industry. There are thousand of actors and actresses in the industry, but you can count on hand how many of them are really good; the rest of them are just pretty faces.”

“My humour comes from acknowledging different communities. That's what my fans are responding to - they know that I 'get it.' I understand them. I take the time to understand them. I get more complaints from people when I don't talk about them. I've had guys come up to me after a show and go, 'You didn't talk about Latvians!'”

“The fans in Canada have been there since day one. They're the originals. When people say that's your roots, that's literally my roots. I've just cut this tree off and replanted it somewhere else and it started growing. But the roots are there.”

“I do a lot of cultural material that's based on my traveling around the world. I basically just report what I've seen and where I've been.”