Anjelah Johnson Quotes
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It's always nerve-wracking when people say they look up to you or that you're a good role model. It's such a double-edged sword, because you realize you've been put on this pedestal, and you have to make sure that you don't do anything to get torn down.
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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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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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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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Ellen DeGeneres is great. She has this natural style, and she makes comedy look so easy.
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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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People usually want to show me their impression of me, which is always awkward.
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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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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'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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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 love sharing my life with people.