Russell Peters Quotes - Page 2

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• The fans in Canada have been there since day one. They're the originals. When people say that's your roots, that's literally my roots. I've just cut this tree off and replanted it somewhere else and it started growing, but the roots are still here.

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  Cutting, Somewhere Else, Roots

  Interview with Guy MacPherson, www.guymacpherson.ca. June 11, 2007.

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• I don't think Indian actors are good. A couple of them are, like Anupam Kher, but not many are there like him in the industry. There are thousand of actors and actresses in the industry, but you can count on hand how many of them are really good; the rest of them are just pretty faces.

  Russell Peters

  Couple, Thinking, Hands

  "'I Hate Bollywood' Says Canadian Comedian Russell Peters" by Nyay Bhushan, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 22, 2011.

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• On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to be honest with you. I think they probably sound like us when they're in the house. It's how they keep people away from them.

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  Real, Believe, Thinking

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• Ideally I'd like to be working steadily as an actor: movies, a TV series, that sort of thing. I've been through a few different TV development cycles, and they didn't work out. When the time and project are right, it'll come together. Like I tell a lot of guys, it's not a race; there's no finish line.

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  Race, Work Out, Guy

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• This is our most dangerous addiction - our addiction to things. For it is this addiction that underlies the materialism of our age. And nowhere is this addiction more apparent than in our addiction to money.

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  Addiction, Age, Culture

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• 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.

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  World, Around The World, Materials

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• The self-talk of the ego-mind is so busy describing what is happening, judging whether it is good or bad for us, and telling us what we should think and do, that there is little opportunity for our inner knowing to be heard. Instead we remain attached to our assumptions, dreaming of the fulfillment we believe they will bring.

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  Dream, Believe, Opportunity

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• I have a phenomenal memory. I remember every single thing that anybody said to me, ever did to me, who was nice to me and who was not nice to me.

  Russell Peters

  Memories, Nice, Remember

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My guiltiest pleasure in life is 'America's Funniest Home Videos.' I watch them all - old, new - I don't care. Despite how bad the writing is on the show. The people getting hit and hurt, that's hilarious.

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  Hurt, Home, Writing

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• I don't want to be a part of any Bollywood movie.

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  Bollywood, Want

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• When you're DJing, there are songs I love to play, but I know people are going to walk off. It doesn't matter what I like. You have to be able to play the popular song and slip in one of yours, in such a way that they don't notice it. You've got them in such a roll that you get them back into what they think they like.

  Russell Peters

  Song, I Like You, Thinking

  "How Russell Peters Got The Last Laugh". Interview with Ross Luippold, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 23, 2013.

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• I love being a dad, and I'm a great dad.

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  Dad, Love Is, Great Dad

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• Looking to the material world for the satisfaction of our inner needs is the source of much fear. All fear is, in essence, fear of the future. We are afraid of things that have not yet happened, but which if they did might bring us pain, suffering, or some other discomfort - or stand in the way of some future contentment. And we are afraid that circumstances that are already causing us displeasure may continue in the future.

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  Pain, Essence, Suffering

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• I think a lot of people mistake my confidence on stage for cockiness in real life, and that's actually farthest from the truth. When I'm on stage I'm that confident and that cocky, because I have a microphone in my hand, and there's a few thousand people staring at me. And I know they're there to laugh.

  Russell Peters

  Real, Mistake, Cocky

  "The famous comedian most Americans don't know". Interview with Alicia W. Stewart, www.cnn.com. October 16, 2013.

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• Im a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in 96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, Who is this guy? Hes dope! First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, Eh. He started to get really successful. He wasnt mine anymore.

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  Successful, Dope, Hip Hop

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• Do you know what it is sir? Do you know what the Dance Dance Revolution is? It's not an actual revolution, so you don't have to worry about that. It's not like a bunch of Asians are going to knock on your door 'Hey! Start dancing!'

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  Doors, Dancing, Worry

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• My dad was the funniest guy I ever knew.

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  Dad, Guy, My Dad

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• 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.

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  Nice, Hollywood, Boards

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• I DJ and I'm a harsh critic of DJs.

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  Harsh, Critics, Djs

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• I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood.

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  Careers, Hollywood

  "'I Hate Bollywood' Says Canadian Comedian Russell Peters" by Nyay Bhushan, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 22, 2011.

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• We tell ourselves that the more time we have at our disposal, the more opportunity we will have of finding greater happiness. But again we are looking to the future, to the times we will create. Again we miss the enjoyment of the present moment.

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  Opportunity, Missing, Culture

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

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  India, Just Saying

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• You do stand-up because you have to do it. If you're doing it to become 'famous,' you're wrong. If you're doing it to become a millionaire, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. In 2003, I was flat broke. I'd been doing stand-up for 14 years at that point. I loved it and just kept at it.

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  Years, Reason, Broke

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