Top 25 Keegan-Michael Key Quotes
#2. Surprise is not humor. I think that there can be a fine line there.
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#3. There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black.
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#5. You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.
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#6. I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person.
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#7. I want people to say, "Oh my God, I'm laughing out loud at television."
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#8. For me, as a child, I certainly thought that there were more black people in the world than white people.
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#9. I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.
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#10. 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, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.
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#11. I think the reason I went into theater, ultimately, was because that was one of multicultural groups. Because you identify with other people that share similar passions to you, so it didn't matter how much melanin was in their skin.
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#12. If you look at any successful skit comedy show, ever, there is that format of introducing you to the player in the beginning, and then going on to see those sketches.
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#13. To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote white. So if you're mixed, you embrace the mainstream culture more than the African-American culture.
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#14. A poet can feel free, in my estimation, to write a poem for himself. Or a painter can paint a painting for himself. You can write a short story for yourself. But for me, comedy by its nature is communal. If other people don't get it, I'm not sure why you are doing it.
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#15. You hold precious what you create for yourself in your life that makes you comfortable.
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#16. I'm adopted, so I didn't know my father, but apparently he was pretty tall.
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#17. 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 don't have to do that anymore - we have processed food now!
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#18. Being a melting pot is what I think is great about being American, and also that we get to do something that other people don't get to do, we get to be a hyphenate. That's a good thing.
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#19. 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 comedy.
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#20. My father has passed away. He was African-American. My mother is white. So I was adopted by a couple that was of a similar dynamic as my biological parents.
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#21. [Adoption] could turn you into an exquisite comedian. Ask Richard Pryor's ghost.
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#22. 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 show in the first place because there's this biracial person who might, you know, have to ride the divide between two different races.
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#24. 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 comes up in the morning and dad comes home from work.
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