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Riz Ahmed is a British actor born on December 1, 1982. He is known for his outstanding performances in films and television, particularly in 'Nightcrawler', 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', and 'The King's Speech'. Ahmed is highly regarded for his advocacy of diversity and inclusivity.

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“Bandwagons roll through our lives. Its up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert them.”

Our Lives Up To You Bandwagon

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“I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap.”

Inspiration Stuff Comedy Rap Stand Up Comedy

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“I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people's respect with bold film making and then win a special place in people's collections, rather than just having the biggest opening weekends.”

People Thinking Trying Play Film Games Winning Special Opening Collections Fund Realising Weekend Special Places Piracy

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“I think that in an Internet age, content is content. As long as you can stand up on the merits of what you're doing right at that moment and aren't just relying on your success in doing something else, it's all good; people will respect you.”

People Thinking Long Moments Age Internet Merit That Moment Good People Doing Right

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“No-one gets a job at 16 and stays in it until 60 any more; we're connected to more people simultaneously than ever before, whether online or on our phones. We wear so many different hats within one day, one week, a lifetime.”

People Different Jobs Week One Day Lifetime Phones Connected Hats Online

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“First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist in 'True Lies.' Then you have stuff that takes place on culturally specific terrain, that engages with it, but actually subverts assumptions. 'Smashes' stereotypes. That's where I've come into the game.”

Firsts Lying Games Stuff Black Middle Masters Drug East Terrorist Assumption Stereotype Eastern Asian Dealer Terrain Kung Fu Drug Dealers True Lies

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“The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're saying, it hears it. If you don't believe it, it sees it in your eyes, it hears it in your voice that there isn't the conviction there.”

Ifs Believe Eye Voice Cameras Don't Believe Conviction Microphones

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“The music I make and the process of acting, for me, are both about trying to understand people and get inside what makes us tick. That's the main thing that excites me. Our sense of who we really are and what drives us.”

People Trying Process Acting Tick

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“My music is a very personal reflection of me, whereas, acting a role, thats a reflection of another character.”

Character Acting Roles Music Is Reflection

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“The only people who have doubts about the sincerity of my music are people who come to it relatively late, off the back of having seen me in a film. Acting is about being other people, and music is about being myself.”

People Film Acting Doubt Late Music Is Sincerity Being Myself Film Acting

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“I'm working it out, man. I'm working through some stuff, trying to find my way like everyone.”

Men Way Trying Stuff My Way Working It

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“I think creativity is something that best happens when you have clear parameters. If you're not confined by anything then it's meaningless. You've got to rap over the beat, or you've got to color within your canvas. You pick the canvas size first. That makes most sense to me.”

Thinking Creativity Rap Meaningless Canvas

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“There's this thing, something in the water in America that is so intoxicating as well, that's like your dreams can come true. You can have it all. You can be the master of your destiny. There's this thing it encourages - this illusion of your significance.”

Dream Water Destiny Like You Illusion Significance Our Destiny Your Destiny

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“It's crazy how we always hate the things closest to us.”

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“The racism in South Asia is the most specific racism in the world. It's like racism against a slightly different language group. It's like micro-racism.”

World Different Language Racism

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“You know my parents, man, they're just the most loving, encouraging... They're like those people who define themselves through their role as parents before people in their own rights.”

People Knows Men Parent Roles Rights

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“I have always been restless, had a lot of energy.”

Energy Restless

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Born: December 1, 1982
Known for: Actor
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