The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Riz Ahmed
- Trajectories aren’t linear. Life’s just a roller coaster. If you’re getting a chance to do cool stuff, and it’s varied stuff, just enjoy it. I guess I’m a believer in the randomness of life rather than it being a linear trajectory or an arc, a consistent smooth arc, towards anything.
- The multiculturalism of Britain is one of our greatest strengths in music, literature, and visual art, but the TV and film industry doesn’t tap into the multicultural talent pool in the U.K. as much as they do in the U.S.
- The music I make and the process of acting, for me, are both about trying to understand people and get inside what makes us tick. That’s the main thing that excites me. Our sense of who we really are and what drives us.
- I’m always trying to slip out of those labels everyone tries to put round your neck. We all have multiple selves.
- No-one gets a job at 16 and stays in it until 60 any more; we’re connected to more people simultaneously than ever before, whether online or on our phones. We wear so many different hats within one day, one week, a lifetime.
- Being South Asian in the U.K. is like being Latino in the U.S., I would guess. It’s a bit more hood. You see things; things happen. I was bouncing between worlds. You’re acting from a very early age, when you have to code-switch like that. I’m a hybrid, a mongrel. I think many people live that life.
- There’s no black and white in this world; it’s all grey. That’s what people are like! No one think they’re a baddie. Everyone thinks they’re trying to do their bit to make the world a better place.
- I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people’s respect with bold film making and then win a special place in people’s collections, rather than just having the biggest opening weekends.
- The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don’t believe what you’re saying, it hears it. If you don’t believe it, it sees it in your eyes, it hears it in your voice that there isn’t the conviction there.
- What’s interesting about the U.K. is that it celebrates an alternative voice. It’s up for telling new stories.
Riz Ahmed is a British actor, rapper, and writer celebrated for his groundbreaking performances and commitment to representation in the arts. Born on December 1, 1982, in London to Pakistani parents, he studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford before pursuing acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Ahmed earned early acclaim for films like Four Lions and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, showcasing his ability to blend intensity with emotional depth.
His international breakthrough came with Nightcrawler and the HBO miniseries The Night Of, for which he won an Emmy, becoming the first Muslim and first South Asian actor to win in a lead acting category.
He later starred in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Sound of Metal—earning an Academy Award nomination—and Mogul Mowgli, a project he also co-wrote. As a musician, Ahmed performs under the name Riz MC and uses his platform to address identity, immigration, and social justice.
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