I’ve a belt that I have worn for every single stand-up comedy session since I was 19. I fear if I ever lose it, my career would crumble. That’s my one OCD. – Vir Das
Relationship humour gets the most laughs. If I’m able to get the women laughing, men will have to laugh along because they would be scared to death. – Vir Das
Surround yourself with a bunch of like-minded people, and you’ll soak up their habits like a starved sponge. Fat people with fat friends care less about their weight. – Vir Das
What is important to me as an actor is that, even if I have to spread my arms, take my shirt off on a mountain top with my heroine in a chiffon sari, it still has to be me and my twist or my funny take on it. – Vir Das
If you are known to do something well, people want to see you do that. But what you choose to do is up to you. After ‘Delhi Belly,’ I got some 40 scripts – some on the same lines as ‘Delhi Belly.’ So, I guess people only get stereotyped if they want to. – Vir Das
In Bollywood, people struggle because there is a new person joining every week, who joins an assembly line of people who are very replaceable. But if you are unique, you don’t have to struggle that much. – Vir Das
In a big Bollywood romantic film, taking my shirt off and spreading the hand towards the mountain with dancers behind me are not my cup of tea. – Vir Das
I am edgy, raw, offensive, vulgar, untruthful, but intelligent. My jokes are always realistic. I do not make fun of children or people who cannot fight back. That is my limitation. – Vir Das
I was only 24 years old when a lady called Sabina Sehgal Saikia – the then ‘Delhi Times’ editor – asked me to host the ‘Times Food Guide Awards,’ so it was with The ‘Times of India’ that my career began in this field. – Vir Das
While Mumbai is a melting pot of cultures, Delhi is made of community, and we can see these lines quite clearly. An aunty from Punjabi Bagh will be different from a Faridabad aunty or an aunty from Vasant Kunj. – Vir Das
Stand-up comedy is a lot about amplifying emotions and situations; movie acting has a lot to do with mellowing things down and making them subtle. The transition was almost terrifying because of the magnitude of change. – Vir Das
I’ve been reading a lot of books on history, and watching a lot of educational TV. Wikipedia too, even though it is not reliable. – Vir Das
I love the food, the girls, the sky and everything that is Delhi. I have very fond memories of the Moolchand flyover. – Vir Das
I feel like I share a great relationship with my audience where they trust my judgment and choice of films and sense of comedy. – Vir Das
I think of myself as an Indian comedian, but I’ve had British and American schooling. I always had this feeling of not fitting in anywhere, of observing situations from the outside. – Vir Das
Whether I am on a stage, behind a guitar or in front of a camera, I get paid to misbehave. Fortunately, misbehaviour is something I have unlimited supply of. – Vir Das
For me, it is very important to believe in the kind of movies I do. ‘Rang De Basanti’ made me feel good about Indian cinema. The movie instilled in me a confidence so strong, that I wanted to be a part of the revolution in Bollywood. – Vir Das
All of the films I’m doing are young, urban, high-concept, funny films. That’s the zone where I’d like to play and have fun in. – Vir Das
What I tell a girl is, your six-pack hot boyfriend right now, in six years, will be balding and maybe have a paunch. But I make you laugh every five minutes today, and I’ll make you laugh 20 years from now; that’s not going to go away. – Vir Das
I fear debt. I don’t like being indebted to banks. I have a rule in life that I will get it when I can afford it. – Vir Das
Comedy is a live art, and the only way to record a comedy rock album is to do it live. The audience and their laughter is just as much a part of the album sound as our music. No retakes, no room for error. – Vir Das
Class I to XII wasn’t much help; I was always a mediocre student. But when I pursued higher education and studied economics with theatre or psychology with science fiction, I got a whole new world view. – Vir Das
I don’t think one gets to choose the kind of comedy he/she does. I may not talk about Rahul Gandhi’s take on an ordinance, but I will talk about things as simple as a ‘chappal’ or a ‘sherwani.’ My comedy is about small things, and that is how it connects. – Vir Das
I did theatre in the U.S. because there, content-wise, it’s very light. In India, theatre tends to get preachy. – Vir Das