this is you know 2013 so he wasn't quite the household name um but he wasn't expecting my response which was aiz Ansari he's my hero um because it turns out you know I had become a big a on Sor fan he said oh that's great news because um we really uh would love to to to have you guys work together on a project and I said what's the project about and he
But for me when I look at the totality of the show, the thing that I like the most is the diversity I think Aziz Ansari is a genius.
His friends had this incredible sense of humor. They brought in comedians like Aziz Ansari and Chris Pratt. At the time, he was less of an actor and more of a comedian.
there also is thought a real sense of celebration, a celebration of this particular culture and this particular look, and putting value with your Mindy Kalings and your Aziz Ansaris and Priyanka Chopras even.
His self-released special, "Jokes to Get You Through Quarantine," has amassed over a million views. He has opened for comedians like Chris Rock and Aziz Ansari. His new special, "Thank You, China" is now available on YouTube.
But actually, it could be liberating if you remember to keep it fresh. It was the first person I asked was Aziz Ansari.
a pit, now it's a grassy field that we go to. And we have events on this field. But, yes, in the beginning, the first, the first thing I ever shot for the show was a promo in the pit with trash swirling around me and Aziz Ansari was like "Hey, I found a bra!" like in the Pit and it was like "We're going build a park." It was just dusty and it was super hot and I remember thinking "Oh my God, I hate the pit." So and a lot of us fell into the Pit many times, too. You fell into the Pit you used to live in the Pit.
And I've done so many events where I have a young woman in particular. And he was on with his wife, Nicole Ansari, who has a cameo in the final episode of "Succession" as one of Logan's mistresses.
in numerous academic journals as well as him being a frequent contributor to publications ranging from "The New Yorker" and "The Wall Street Journal" to "Rolling Stone." I will add that Eric teamed up with Aziz Ansari and co-authored a book called "Modern Romance," where the two applied social science tools to better understand dating.
We shipped it out to LA, and then we just basically improvised a special. We shot for six hours and we bump into all of our friends like Aziz Ansari, Aubrey Plaza, Rob Corddry. Earl Sweatshirt improvises a musical-- musical-- he basically does a live music video.
It's the show-- you guys have been doing that on and off forever. Yeah. We've been-- Rob Huebel, Aziz Ansari and I did the show on MTV called "Human Giant." It was a sketch show that was on MTV at a time when we had no business being on MTV.
I thought should be subverted to show what I believed to be true. There was that picture from the Met Ball, where it was Riz Ahmed, Hussein Bin Haj, Azus Ansari and Mindy Kaling, all in the same photo, just
We'll check on your mic. On a related note, one of the most memorable stories in your book, and Aziz Ansari also put this in his book from your research, was the story of a young man who had a standing date with his grandparents to have dinner there.
Yes. Can you talk about why he inspires you, and what that did to your career? Well, Omar Sharif was, at that time, before we had Aziz Ansari, we had Omar Sharif. And Omar Sharif was the first brown face that I saw in a Hollywood movie.
But that was enough. You guys, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill, Emma Watson, James Franco, Michael Cera, Aziz Ansari, Rihanna.