Persistence 360°

08 - Aasif Mandvi: "Building confidence with short-term goals"


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Imagine you’re an actor and your agent informing you there are no roles for you simply because of the color of your skin. For Aasif Mandvi even when he was cast it almost always was what he calls the “brown guy roles” such as a cab driver or a deli owner. How did Aasif Mandi go from sleeping in a small room in Queens while catering to making a big name for himself and eventually Jon Stewart hiring him on the spot for The Daily Show? You are about to find out. 

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Persistence 360°By Mark Malkoff

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