Riz Ahmed Quotes
Hollywood is an image. We project these fantasies on to it, but people are just people.
Ahmed, Riz. Interview by Simon Hattenstone. "Riz Ahmed: 'You don't need to tell me we live in a racist society'." The Guardian, 27 Aug. 2016.
Rizwan Ahmed, also known as Riz MC, is a British Pakistani actor, rapper, musician, and activist. As an actor, he has won a Primetime Emmy Award and London Film Critics' Circle Award, and received nominations for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three British Independent Film Awards. He was initially known for his work in independent films such as The Road to Guantanamo (2006), Shifty (2008), Four Lions (2010), Trishna (2011), Ill Manors (2012), and The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013), as well as television series such as Britz (2007) and Dead Set (2008), before his breakout role in the film Nightcrawler (2014).