Indian culture is essentially much more of a we culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.

England has an interesting relationship with the Indian subcontinent because the years of colonization and the history between the two places.

I came from a very different sort of background and pedigree from the people who were on "The Daily Show". I was an actor. I was sort of - the irony is that I've done as much dramatic work in my career as comedic work and I don't really think of myself as a comedian.

The great joy of doing 'The Daily Show' for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I am commenting on the absurdity of both sides as an outsider and insider. Sometimes I'm playing the brown guy, and sometimes I'm not, but the best stuff I do always goes back to being a brown kid in a white world.

I know the Gospel according to Mark better than I know any sura in the Quran.

It's an ironic thing about being an immigrant kid, growing up - 'cause I grew up in the UK and went to a British boarding school and we would go to chapel every Sunday morning. And we'd actually have religious studies and religious studies means Christian studies where you study the Bible.

Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.