The plan was always to come to America, because Pakistan's a scary place. They don't have religious freedom. It's very poor, and there's a lot of violence and corruption.

My stories take three or four months to fix, and it's not magical of a process. Ultimately it's a boring, difficult process. I write everything out, and then the parts I think are funny I put in bold. Then I go perform it. Then the parts that aren't funny, I unbold them.

I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up.

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

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

Living in Pakistan, you didn't have a sense of how huge and varied America was, geographically.

I love constructive criticism. I love getting notes when I'm acting. I love them telling me what to do. I don't always agree with it, but I really need it.