Hasan Minhaj Quotes

Both my mom and my dad have always included me in intelligent conversations about people, about characters, about how people work. My dad and my mom still read all scripts that I find interesting. I send them an e-mail, and I'm like, 'Okay, I have my eye on this,' or whatever.

Getting into comedy was difficult for my parents to comprehend. I think now they are really proud I stuck to it.

Both my parents recognized early on that I wanted to do something in comedy, and they were really supportive. They're the ones who bought me Steve Martin records and let me watch R-rated comedies long before they probably should have.

I believe in the traditional American family, and I will do everything that I can to promote, you know, families.

When I phoned up and said, 'Mum, I'm doing a 52-date national tour with Eddie Izzard,' she said 'That's nice, dear. How are you?'

My mom is a gym teacher, and she's not musically inclined, but she always wanted to help me out with music as best she could.

My parents were proud of the fact that I was playing cricket, they used to ferry me around during the weekends to play the game.

No matter how old we are, there is nothing better then getting the approval from our parents and the sense that they are proud of our accomplishments in life.

I always wanted to be an actor and my parents were happy with my decision. But that happened later. They were apprehensive initially because I have an MBA degree and I used to work for American Express' marketing team.

My parents are proud of my achievements. They send articles to my grandparents in India. Everyone's happy I'm doing something I want to do.

My mami and papi love my music. They're always listening to the radio waiting for one of my songs to come on. And when it does, they turn up the volume - and turn it back down when it's over.

There's absolutely no part of what I do that my dad doesn't have the utmost pride in. It doesn't matter what the job is - he's... supportive. Same with my mother.

I had other coaches when I was younger but my father was there, following all my training. He has seen as much tennis as many coaches on tour.

I always told my children that if they want to be pilot, go ahead and do it, or if they wanted to get into agriculture, I told them that I will support them. But when they chose music, you feel as if those birds have come back home to the nest.

It's not happened overnight for me or my brother as well. Maybe, it's even a bit tougher for people who have a name.

As soon as I score, my mother texts me, so when I go in the dressing room, her text is there waiting for me to read!

My family didn't want me to be a musician, and therefore, they never helped out in my efforts.

My mum and dad always knew that my dream was to be a footballer, but they also warned me that it doesn't always work out.

If I start putting too much pressure on myself, that's something my mama is there to help with.

My dad wanted to be a musician, so when I started playing guitar, he was like, 'Go for it.' That is what I did for ages; I was in bands. And then I went to university and got into comedy somehow.

My dad is the biggest Lexie fan - ever since I was in gymnastics, he went to ever gymnastics meet, every cheer competition, every bodybuilding show.

Man is man so long as he is struggling to rise above nature, and this nature is both internal and external.

Without my parents and their love and support in my life, I would not be who I am or where I am today.

My friends and family definitely helped me with the biggest obstacle in my life, which was just staying in L.A. long enough to really give it a shot.

I don't think it matters how many parents you've got, as long as those who are around make their presence a good one.