In America, you have this kind of individualism and in the West, essentially, you have this individualism - this idea of my own personal fulfillment.

I don't want to tell people what they should think.

The idea that I had anything to do with speaking about Islam or about the Muslim world was just absurd to my family. ... I hadn't been to the mosque in like 10 years.

Statistically there is enough voter fraud to sway zero elections.

We are Muslims. My father would pawn off his Muslim in-laws as Hindus just so that he could get free pancakes.

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.

So I had this completely unrealistic idea of what America was — but I wanted to be there.