I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up.
Kumail NanjianiI thought of America as this crazy, happy, exciting place where everybody's rich and there's stuff everywhere. Compared to Pakistan, it's not untrue.
Kumail NanjianiThe whole religion of Islam is based on reward and punishment and reward and punishment, and it becomes a part of how you think of everything. Even yourself.
Kumail NanjianiIt wasn't until I moved to New York that I decided to make a conscious effort to be myself.
Kumail Nanjiani