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After screening his new Netflix series, "Master of None," at EW Fest on Saturday, Vulture reported the actor discussed the lack of opportunities for minorities in Hollywood during a post-screening Q&A.
He said he had to create his own show, because no one was offering him dynamic roles.
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The reason there are so few roles in TV for minorities, Ansari said, is because TV casts with racial quotas.
"That's a real thing that happens," the 32-year-old actor said. "When they cast these shows, they're like, 'We already have our minority guy or our minority girl.'"
In fact, Ansari said he knows TV's racial quota numbers:
"There would never be two Indian people in one show," he explained. "With Asian people, there can be one, but there can't be two. Black people, there can be two, but there can't be three because then it becomes a black show. Gay people there can be two, women there can be two, but Asian people, Indian people, there can be one but there can't be two."
"Master of None" premieres on Friday, November 6 on Netflix.