Occupation: Actor Birth: March 22, 1971
I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny..
It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't eat that plant. Or this tribe, not that tribe. We do….
[Adoption] could turn you into an exquisite comedian. Ask Richard Pryor's ghost..
My favorite, favorite, favorite, and the greatest comedian that could ever exist if you could Frankenstein a comedian together, would be one part Ric….
If I could just get over my issues of wanting people to like me..
When you say to somebody, "I'd like to recommend a book to you," you're typically talking to a person who is willing to learn, grow, or change..
Everybody puts on airs, regardless of race..
I want people to say, "Oh my God, I'm laughing out loud at television.".
There is nothing more dangerous on planet Earth than a black wife..
If you take something like the slave-auction sketch, the warmth of the light gives it a crisp 12 Years a Slave look. And your eye tells your brain, "….
I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years,….
The fact of the matter is, you can't do comedy unless someone is behaving badly. Otherwise, it's not a comedy..
The audience loves to figure things out. They love it when a performer leaves a trail of bread crumbs for them, and they get to participate in the co….
When you're a child, the most important thing is to be able to live a life of comfort. You want to be sure that the moon goes up at night and the sun….
I get overwhelmed when I approach things intellectually..
For me, as a child, I certainly thought that there were more black people in the world than white people..
I think the reason I went into theater, ultimately, was because that was one of multicultural groups. Because you identify with other people that sha….
My adoptive mother tirelessly worked most of her life to build up my self-esteem. So what happened was finding her started to shed light and destroy ….
We[with Jordan Peele] wanted to do something with [Barack] Obama because we actually felt that Obama was kind of responsible for us even getting a sh….
We share plates [with Jordan Peele], and we also very often will sit in the corner and kind of speak in our own language..
We've decided [with Jordan Peele] that we need to be on the Internet for a little bit of time every day to figure out what's going on. It feels like ….