“I think that in an Internet age, content is content. As long as you ca...” — Riz Ahmed Quote

I think that in an Internet age, content is content. As long as you can stand up on the merits of what you're doing right at that moment and aren't just relying on your success in doing something else, it's all good; people will respect you.

When I was growing up, I felt like I had to qualify it and say I'm British-Pakistani. But now I kind of feel like, in this day in age, this is what British looks like. It looks like me; it looks like Idris Elba, and hopefully through Nasir Khan, people will see that that's what an American can look like as well.

You can read a character that feels amazing, but if the world around it and all the writing around it - even the way the stage descriptions are written - don't feel just right, then you know there's no point in doing the project. No character is ever bigger than the whole film.

I'm not trying to project any persona. Often people don't know where to put me. I don't fit comfortably under banners, and that's fine. I'm not worried about not making sense to people. That's probably my best asset.

I feel like life is much greater than a hero or a villain: there's good people that sometimes make mistakes.

Say 'no' more than 'yes,' and just make sure you surround yourself with good people.

I want to go working with good people on something that's good, because otherwise it's a big waste of time. I don't have that much time.

I've been surrounded by good people at West Virginia. That helped me a lot.

There are very good people in the Labour Party who I would like to see in leadership.