I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity.
Kumail NanjianiI was on this path to becoming a computer-science guy, but I didn't like it. I got no joy from it. It was very, very scary. It was suffocating to think that I was just going to do this thing for the rest of my life.
Kumail NanjianiThe 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.
Kumail NanjianiIt wasn't until I moved to New York that I decided to make a conscious effort to be myself.
Kumail Nanjiani