Aziz Ansari Quotes

I don't want to be considered 'the Latino rapper.'

I believe it's wrong to say someone can't do his or her job because of their heritage.

Modern liberal societies cannot be based on a simple assertion of group identity - the very idea of the rule of law, of equal legal treatment for everyone regardless of religion, wealth, gender or ethnicity, conflicts with it.

Just because we have exotic last names or darker faces, our politics are assumed to be radical. But that is simply not the case.

God is an Englishman

Latins are macho, they hate gringos and they hate gringos’ wives. What else do you want to know?

You can’t be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval of affirmative action.… We have to prove ourselves and we have to work hard doing it.

The goal of Asians in the arts is plurality of roles. I've always been hindered by me over-thinking what is a stereotype and what isn't.

We do have to ask ourselves as a culture, what do we want to be? You know, what are our founding values? And if we are a society where everybody should have that fair shot and get a second chance, then we should take the necessary steps to implement that and make it a reality.

I actually spoke to one of the heads of a studio, and he said I confuse middle America. Basically, when they see a black person, they see athlete, they see rapper, or they see criminal or something like that. And then when they hear a British accent, they hear posh, so they hear lawyer or doctor.

Unlike Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson never tried to convert himself into an acceptable black man.

I think people assume that because I talk the way that I talk that I grew up with money, and then I've had to say, 'No, I grew up poor.' And then I was like, 'Why do I have to play this game where the only black experience that's authentic is the one where you grew up in poverty?' I mean, it's ridiculous.

For a while, I was feeling like I was always playing characters that weren't specifically Korean or specifically Asian, even - that they were characters who were originally written white, and then they would cast me. And I used to consider that a badge of honor because that meant I had avoided stereotypes.

I don't want to be that stereotypical black girl that's mad all the time.

I am instinctively wary of identity politics. Ultimately, no two black men are the same, any more than two white men are the same.

'Hispanic' was the term adopted by the government - by the Nixon government in particular - and that made the community feel it was being branded.

When people today say 'racism,' they mean it's a nationalism they don't like. Racialism used to be a good thing, a looking-out for what was best for one group... Israel comes out of that 19th-century idea of nationalism. Many Arab states also have preferences. It's fundamentally unfair to decide that one is racism and the others aren't.

A lot people who hear that 'Go New York Go' assume that I must be black.

Asian Americans are the same as African American, Hispanic Americans, anyone: we deserve to be respected, too.

I don't see myself as exotic.

I love how British people call Asian people 'oriental' unless they're talking about Indian people, who get to be called Asian.

I don't want to take too much responsibility, where I'm like, 'Oh, I'm representing Asia.'

I want to be known as a funny comic not just a funny Latino comic. I want to be able to go everywhere and anywhere.

Don’t stereotype, Jenks. HAPA is an equal-opportunity hate group,” I said.

Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm a black woman filmmaker.