- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
Myself Quotes
Quotes on knowing yourself.
These quotes turn inward, questioning long-held traditions and how one sees oneself - one recalls identifying strongly as a mathematician rather than a technologist, while another admits, with some humor, to relying on charm rather than looks. Related reading includes I Am Quotes.
- Last Updated on Jul 31, 2026
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's so fun to play a villain. I get to tap into a side of myself I thought I never had.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm constantly on the go and have found rushing round after a new born baby is the best form of exercise! I always remind myself that men appreciate a womanly shape and some curves!
- Muslim
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family is Muslim. But I don't consider myself a very devout Muslim, but a cultural Muslim, whatever that means.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.
- Hat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go to Buzzfeed and 'Huff Po,' IMDB, 'Deadline.' And then I just Google myself, like 'Aasif Mandvi in a hat,' and see what comes up.
- Different Places
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm free to see things objectively because I don't consider myself American, and I don't consider myself British or Indian. I'm kind of an amalgam or mongrel of a lot of different places and experiences. In a lot of ways it's been a good thing for me. It's enabled me to do what I do on 'The Daily Show.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll never be Jennifer Lawrence or Tom Cruise, someone who can hold a movie and then be charming and charismatic doing promotion. I haven't got what they've got. But at least I'm now comfortable just being myself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
You always take a little bit back with you at the end of the day. I always put a little bit of myself into the characters, too. You find parallels, points of connection, things like that. But I'm not an actor who gets so incredibly haunted by my characters that I can't come back.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.
- Away
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- Nov 07, 2020