Keegan-Michael Key Quotes
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For me, as a child, I certainly thought that there were more black people in the world than white people.
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I was raised Catholic, so guilt shackles you from acting like a complete fool all the time.
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I'm from the Midwest, so I always assumed, 'Well, I have to think badly of myself, because that's being humble.'
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I want to make movies and pieces of television and pieces of art that crack everyone's assumptions.
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My parents were not big sports fans, but my mother loved Barry Sanders, but she wasn't a huge fan. Now she likes Calvin Johnson. He's such an amazing athlete and such a wonderful, humble guy.
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Everybody puts on airs, regardless of race.
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Some of the friendliest, friendliest people you're going to meet are going to be in Detroit.
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I would play just about any role, male or female, in the Anton Chekov play 'The Cherry Orchard,' which I love.
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I'm very, very, very interested in martial arts.
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I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person.
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With a lot of my comedic heroes, I'm trying to make sure that, wherever they might have gotten off-track a bit, I've learned that lesson.
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There's a very famous South African playwright named Athol Fugard, and I'd be in any play he's ever did.
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At times, I can be vocal about what I think people want to hear as opposed to being vocal about what I really feel.
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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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I would love to play a fun character. Like, I would love to be in 'A Long Day's Journey Into Night.' I love that play. I'd play Edmond or Jamie. I don't care which.
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I'm trying every day, when I meet a new human being, to not have the first thought that comes into my mind be, 'Are they going to like me?' I'm allowed to say, 'I like this, and I don't like that.'