Jay Pharoah Quotes
I'm from the burbs. I've been in the hood, but I don't live there. I have lived in the hood, but I don't live there anymore. I lived in Harlem, and that was crazy, even though Harlem is a lot nicer than it used to be.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
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If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.
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You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.
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I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
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I have everything and I have nothing. Sometimes I feel like the loneliest man on the planet. All this 'stuff' and no one to share it with. And then when women come along, I wonder if they like the stuff more than me.
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When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
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As you get older, the assumption is you get wiser. I try to earn it by not staying still, not resting on laurels. A lot of people in other professions are retired at my age. I care about music more than ever.
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You don't have to know how to make a movie. If you truly love cinema with all your heart and with enough passion, you can't help but make a good movie.
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I'm from the burbs. I've been in the hood, but I don't live there. I have lived in the hood, but I don't live there anymore. I lived in Harlem, and that was crazy, even though Harlem is a lot nicer than it used to be.
