Anjelah Johnson Quotes
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When people didn't really know who I was, and I would get on stage, they would be distracted by what I looked like, so I would have to dumb myself down, in a way, for people to feel safe to laugh.
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I do a joke in my stand-up where I say I'm a Christian, but I'm not a Christian comedian. I think that's definitely how I see my acting. I'm an actor who happens to be a Christian.
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I was lucky to grow up in a culturally diverse area knowing a lot of different people from all different walks of life.
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Ellen DeGeneres is great. She has this natural style, and she makes comedy look so easy.
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When I really started just giving them the truth of who I was, that's when my fan base really started to grow.
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People usually want to show me their impression of me, which is always awkward.
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Don't try to be anyone else. Don't try to emulate what someone is doing. Play to your strengths.
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Deep down inside, I'm really a black girl stuck in a Mexican girl's body. But I'm also in touch with my inner white girl and my inner Asian girl. I feel like a little bit of everybody.
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I stay far away from political humor.
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I've been doing the Vietnamese nail lady impressions since my mom first took me to get my nails done when I was 12.
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I'm Mexican. I eat salsa with everything.
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I'm not very good with the Twitter.
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I'm used to performing. I'm comfortable in front of people. I'm never the one who's fighting for attention, but I've always been comfortable.
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I'm a very observational storyteller, and I'm always relational - a lot of stories stem from relationships, whether it's me with my husband, me with my mom or my siblings.
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Everyone who comes to my show has their own struggles. There's so many people dealing with so many things; I love that I get to be part of their healing process by making them laugh.
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People pay their hard-earned money to come and watch me perform live. That's a blessing.
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Don't try to be anybody else, because that's what I do. I do me. I'm not trying to impress anybody. I'm not trying to please my pastor at church. I'm not trying to even please my mom, to be honest.
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Nobody wanted to help me get my start, not to mention it's tough being a female in a man's world of stand-up comedy. It's a very competitive world, and it was a challenge to find my own voice, stick to my guns.
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I've realized that I can never not do the nail salon joke, and I will have to talk about Bon Qui Qui for eternity.
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I love sharing my life with people.
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One of my best friends growing up was Vietnamese, and he and his mom would teach me how to say certain things so I could impress my nail girls. Then the nail girls would teach me how to count to 100 and basic things like 'Thank you' and 'You're welcome.' It's funny, because any accent that I do now always turns into Vietnamese.