Riz Ahmed movie quotes

“What we need to do is to put an end to all this barbarity. Put an end to all this violence - find a solution for it. By inventing a new society. A society where the relationships among men is governed by respect and the absence of profit. Thus a society without greed.”
Riz Ahmed - Hermann Kermit Warm

“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.”
Riz Ahmed

“I don't think any of us like to be reduced to just one label.”
Riz Ahmed

“What's interesting about the U.K. is that it celebrates an alternative voice. It's up for telling new stories.”
Riz Ahmed

“Look around at the world. What do you see? A planet on the brink of collapse. Human beings are disposable. But man and symbiote combined, this is a new race, a new species... a higher lifeform.”
Riz Ahmed - Carlton Drake

“- Lou Bloom: Why hire you? Sell yourself. Go.
- Rick: Okay. Well, I'm Rick, of course. I took three buses to get here. I finished high school. I need a job. I'll do just about anything. That's me. Hire Rick.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Lou Bloom
Riz Ahmed - Rick

“- Lou Bloom: I'm promoting you to executive Vice President of video news.
- Rick: What am I now?
- Lou Bloom: You're an assistant.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Lou Bloom
Riz Ahmed - Rick