I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from my life. Kumail Nanjiani comedyexperiencehappen Change image and share on social
I never really got into game shows. The easiest one is 'Wheel Of Fortune' because you just have to know words, and for the most part everyone knows words. Kumail Nanjiani easyfortunegame Change image and share on social
I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people. Kumail Nanjiani businesscomedyexperience Change image and share on social
If you do a sketch, that's a very short narrative. Stand-up, it's bit-to-bit, minute-long narratives. Kumail Nanjiani bitelongminute Change image and share on social
You can get stuck in the trap of reading your YouTube comments all the time. Sometimes I regret it. Not everyone is going to love you. And for some reason, stand-up has this thing where everyone thinks they can do it. So everyone thinks they're an expert. Kumail Nanjiani commentexpertlove share on social
When generally people make race-based jokes to me - even if they're not technically racist, they're sort of based on me being Pakistani or whatever - on Twitter, you know, I block a lot of people who say something weird about my name or something. It does bug me generally, but it is all about context. Kumail Nanjiani baseblockbug share on social
I love, love, love the street-cart food. Gyros are like a meat-flavored fruit roll-up. A meat roll-up. Kumail Nanjiani cartflavoredfood Change image and share on social
I stay home. It's the best place to be alone. There is hardly any walk-through traffic. Kumail Nanjiani homeplacestay Change image and share on social
You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate yourself!' and do something. It's specific hours set aside every day for certain things. Kumail Nanjiani daydisciplinehour share on social
Honestly, I would love to be friends with Fox Mulder on 'The X-Files.' That's almost a little too obvious, but that would be my answer. I'd love to hang out with him. Kumail Nanjiani answerfilefox Change image and share on social