Kumail Nanjiani

Birthday: 21 February 1978, Karachi, Pakistan

Height: 174 cm

Kumail Nanjiani was born on February 21, 1978 in Karachi, Pakistan. He is an actor and writer, known for The Big Sick (2017), Central Intelligence (2016) and Silicon Valley (2014). He is married to Emily V. Gordon.

I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, expe...Show more »

I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from my life. Show less «

Honestly, I would love to be friends with Fox Mulder on 'The X-Files.' That's almost a little too ob...Show more »

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. Show less «

You can get stuck in the trap of reading your YouTube comments all the time. Sometimes I regret it. ...Show more »

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. Show less «

Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh.

I never really got into game shows. The easiest one is 'Wheel Of Fortune' because you just have to k...Show more »

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. Show less «

I'm from a family of doctors, and I think they really wanted me to be a doctor. I even sort of assum...Show more »

I'm from a family of doctors, and I think they really wanted me to be a doctor. I even sort of assumed I would be a doctor. Show less «

The worst job I ever had was an office job that I had for six years, and that's nothing against the ...Show more »

The worst job I ever had was an office job that I had for six years, and that's nothing against the people who I was surrounded by, because they were wonderful people. Show less «

I stay home. It's the best place to be alone. There is hardly any walk-through traffic.

Wikipedia is kind of weird. I feel it's lame to put up my own page, but I desperately want someone e...Show more »

Wikipedia is kind of weird. I feel it's lame to put up my own page, but I desperately want someone else to do it. Show less «

I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really lik...Show more »

I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really like it. Show less «

You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's...Show more »

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. Show less «

When generally people make race-based jokes to me - even if they're not technically racist, they're ...Show more »

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. Show less «

I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories ...Show more »

I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about a different place, if you have a relatable core of humanity, people will go along with it. Show less «

When I started working on 'Michael And Michael,' it was my life for three to four months, and then s...Show more »

When I started working on 'Michael And Michael,' it was my life for three to four months, and then suddenly it's gone. Show less «

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making th...Show more »

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people. Show less «

I love, love, love the street-cart food. Gyros are like a meat-flavored fruit roll-up. A meat roll-u...Show more »

I love, love, love the street-cart food. Gyros are like a meat-flavored fruit roll-up. A meat roll-up. Show less «

If you do a sketch, that's a very short narrative. Stand-up, it's bit-to-bit, minute-long narratives...Show more »

If you do a sketch, that's a very short narrative. Stand-up, it's bit-to-bit, minute-long narratives. Show less «

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