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Abdullah Saeed

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462 total appearances

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SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

I was literally doing five things at once and only one of them would work out in that moment. And I'd be like, all right, all my chips on this thing. Right. So like. When I transitioned to documentary, I had a stack of documentaries I wanted to make after Vice, right? But I was getting no traction for any of those, couldn't sell anything.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

I was literally doing five things at once and only one of them would work out in that moment. And I'd be like, all right, all my chips on this thing. Right. So like. When I transitioned to documentary, I had a stack of documentaries I wanted to make after Vice, right? But I was getting no traction for any of those, couldn't sell anything.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

I was literally doing five things at once and only one of them would work out in that moment. And I'd be like, all right, all my chips on this thing. Right. So like. When I transitioned to documentary, I had a stack of documentaries I wanted to make after Vice, right? But I was getting no traction for any of those, couldn't sell anything.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

And so, you know, but then I ended up co-writing a script with Ben Sinclair. And I was like, okay, well, there's an opportunity. That's work, right? It's like, it's something. Because all I can do is this creative shit. I don't have any, you know, I can write, basically. I don't have any other skills, right?

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

And so, you know, but then I ended up co-writing a script with Ben Sinclair. And I was like, okay, well, there's an opportunity. That's work, right? It's like, it's something. Because all I can do is this creative shit. I don't have any, you know, I can write, basically. I don't have any other skills, right?

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

And so, you know, but then I ended up co-writing a script with Ben Sinclair. And I was like, okay, well, there's an opportunity. That's work, right? It's like, it's something. Because all I can do is this creative shit. I don't have any, you know, I can write, basically. I don't have any other skills, right?

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

So it's like I have to do one of these things. And I'm literally just following the, you know, I'm following the opportunity, the diminishing opportunities.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

So it's like I have to do one of these things. And I'm literally just following the, you know, I'm following the opportunity, the diminishing opportunities.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

So it's like I have to do one of these things. And I'm literally just following the, you know, I'm following the opportunity, the diminishing opportunities.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

One's a TV series. That is too real.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

One's a TV series. That is too real.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

One's a TV series. That is too real.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

Yeah. That is perfect. Yes, yes, exactly. And it is like, you know, I think also that your dream for what I'm going to try to keep going with the egg thing, but your dream for what you will finally make with that egg. Right. The whole time you're like, I'm going to make scrambled eggs. Right. But then when you get to it, they're like, it's going to be an omelet.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

Yeah. That is perfect. Yes, yes, exactly. And it is like, you know, I think also that your dream for what I'm going to try to keep going with the egg thing, but your dream for what you will finally make with that egg. Right. The whole time you're like, I'm going to make scrambled eggs. Right. But then when you get to it, they're like, it's going to be an omelet.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

Yeah. That is perfect. Yes, yes, exactly. And it is like, you know, I think also that your dream for what I'm going to try to keep going with the egg thing, but your dream for what you will finally make with that egg. Right. The whole time you're like, I'm going to make scrambled eggs. Right. But then when you get to it, they're like, it's going to be an omelet.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

And you have to sort of change your dream. And you have to be like, I wanted an omelet the whole time. Give me the fucking omelet, right? And it's like that part of it, right? I think like it is incredibly important, I think, as a creative in the world today. Because like, you know, you will really... Like, you have to keep changing your dream.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

And you have to sort of change your dream. And you have to be like, I wanted an omelet the whole time. Give me the fucking omelet, right? And it's like that part of it, right? I think like it is incredibly important, I think, as a creative in the world today. Because like, you know, you will really... Like, you have to keep changing your dream.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

And you have to sort of change your dream. And you have to be like, I wanted an omelet the whole time. Give me the fucking omelet, right? And it's like that part of it, right? I think like it is incredibly important, I think, as a creative in the world today. Because like, you know, you will really... Like, you have to keep changing your dream.

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

It's not like, I'm sure there's people who are like, when they're five years old, they're like, you know, I love snails. And then they become a snail scientist and they're fucking, and they discover new types of snails. And they're like, this guy was like, from day one, he was the snail guy. Everybody knew it. They were like, he's going to fucking change, right?

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
"Men are by far the more emotional and hysterical gender!!" with Abdullah Saeed

It's not like, I'm sure there's people who are like, when they're five years old, they're like, you know, I love snails. And then they become a snail scientist and they're fucking, and they discover new types of snails. And they're like, this guy was like, from day one, he was the snail guy. Everybody knew it. They were like, he's going to fucking change, right?