After Aziz Ansari got to college and had people comment on his sense of humor, he gave stand-up a shot and never looked back. Since getting up on stage at age 18, Ansari has enjoyed national recognition of his stand-up before joining the sketch comedy group, Human Giant. After two seasons of Human Giant's critically acclaimed show on MTV, a handful of various movie roles, and an appearance in an episode of Flight of the Conchords, Aziz became the first hire for the future spin-off of some NBC show called "The Office."
He now has a spot in an upcoming Judd Apatow movie and starting this week, setting out on his own stand-up comedy tour. I asked him about the Office spin-off, food, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Well, not so much the last one.
Some comedians have spent decades to get to your level. How did you go from random bits on Premium Blend to being in Seth Rogen movies so quickly?I've been pretty fortunate. I started doing standup around 2001 when I was 18, so I was really lucky to be able to start out young. And then around 2006, after getting some awards in standup and making some short films with the Human Giant guys, MTV offered us the chance to make our show Human Giant. Doing two seasons of that show is what helped me get some of these recent acting opportunities. And yeah, I'm 25 and am kind of young to be where I'm at, but at the same time, re-read your question and then think about this - Seth is only 26! I hate him.
That's true; you're both unusually young. I guess I maybe should have said, "being in Adam Sandler movies" instead. He's in his mid-70s now, isn't he?Well, it's a little known fact, but Adam is only 17 years old.
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