Karan Soni

“In a weird way, if someone is so confident in you, it makes you be like, 'Oh, I guess they've seen something in me I haven't seen.'”

“When it comes to work ethics and business, I look up to Aziz Ansari. He's got everything together on his own terms. He does stand-up, comes out with books, and has his own show.”

“I hope in my lifetime we will get to see an Indian superhero for sure.”

“If we look at 'Black Panther,' it did so well. There were a bunch of supporting black characters in the movies for years and then it took a long time, but finally they did make that.”

“I can always tell when Indian people are born in America. They have the most American accent.”

“When I went to theater school, most of the people I graduated with aren't working. I've consistently worked and made a good living.”

“I believe in putting out positivity into the world and so comedy is a job where you feel like you're making people happy. It's a very addictive feeling and you want to do it more and more.”

“Working in 'Deadpool' was a really big change for me as an actor.”

“Because when I write I like to think who would be the actor who would play it.”

“Not only is there more content, but the producers are also focusing on characters rather than their ethnicities. I mean, when you go in for an audition, you get a character sketch, like 'a 35-year-old American male.' The ethnicity of that character is developed after casting the actor, and I think that's the most basic change that has happened.”

“There's such a want for Indian people to be represented in large scale movies. Hopefully, it will happen more and more, whether it's with me or other people. There's an audience for it.”

“The only thing I wish was happening more was that there were more Indian characters. Like the movies with leads that are Indian and they talk about Indian culture versus Americanized Indians.”

“Honestly, after working for more than 10-11 years in the industry, I've learnt that you have to only take the positives.”

“'Deadpool 2' was so much fun to make, and a big part of that is the crew you work with enjoyed the material too.”

“Dopinder wants to help Deadpool fight... To become a superhero. But Deadpool right away says 'You're gonna die' and 'There's no way you're gonna do it.' So, Dopinder has to prove to him that he is ready to take on more responsibility.”

“'Deadpool 2' played on your expectations of what a sequel to a superhero movie would be.”

“I had signed a four-film contract at the time of the first 'Deadpool' film. So I always knew that I'd be working in the subsequent installments of 'Deadpool.'”

“In America in general... I know there are a lot of parts where may be it is not that great to be brown or black.”

“It's more like individually how lucky and talented you are, that combination determines how successful you will be.”

“Yeah, I would love to play someone really dumb, just really foolish.”