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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And I think our best performances come when we're in a state of flow.

And that is about, like you were saying, too tight, too loose.

That is also about being kind of loose.

That's about a joy.

It's about openness and receptivity and play and curiosity.

Yeah.

All those things that the critic does not really give us.

And so, yeah, for me, it's like on that mixing desk of the voices in my head.

You don't want to hear the voices in my head, Jay.

There's a lot of them.

You're one of them.

But I'm trying to just find that right balance and find the right moment to bring up that cheerleader versus the critic.

I think it can get you to a place, but then it will kill you.

You know, people would whip horses to like make them run faster.

You're going to kill that horse at some point, man.

I'm trying to find a way of something else kind of taking over.

And honestly, I kind of feel like what you were talking about before with kids.

That's been a great teacher for me.

You know, play.

Just on a really basic level, play.

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