I don't need Hollywood. With or without them, I'll be fine. But I'll admit it would be nice to have them on board.

There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all.

I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them.

I'm not just saying this, but I love everything about India.

From the moment we are born our culture encourages us to believe that outer well-being is the source of inner fulfillment ... Wherever we turn the principle is confirmed, encouraging us to become 'human havings' and 'human doings' rather than human beings.

I do a lot of cultural material that's based on my traveling around the world. I basically just report what I've seen and where I've been.

Do it [stand-up comedy] because it feels like the right thing to do. Do it because you don't want to do anything else. There is something in you that does not want you to do anything else other than comedy.