Riz Ahmed

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1,209 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 10 Jun

Riz Ahmed’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Riz Ahmed: How to Silence Your Inner Critic (And Build REAL Self Worth) · 10 Jun 2026 podcast

out of control.

I was always attacking myself, beating myself over the stick so much that in a way my body had turned on itself.

I mean, I told this story jokingly before about Wombat Telly, which is two years after I'd finished filming The Night Of, I'd still get up in the middle of the night, go to the bathroom and start running scenes again.

The show has come out.

I won an Emmy for this role.

It's done.

I should have moved on with my life.

But still in the back of my head, it's like, not good enough.

You're not good enough.

It's embarrassing.

You think that was good?

Get back up there.

Do it again.

Wow.

So I had this voice in me and it's my belief that that critical inner voice led me to that hospital bed.

And I had to look it in the eye and say, no more shame, man.

No more shame.

I'm going to own this.

I'm going to create work from this.

And that's what Sound of Metal was.

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