American - Musician | September 25, 1983 -
Being in London has really taught me how important history is. Just having information of the past. It helps you predict the future, which is all we really have as, you know, humans.
Donald Glover
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The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool.
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I started doing '30 Rock' and started writing 'Mystery Team' at the beginning of that. While I was doing 'Mystery Team,' I started practicing stand-up. While I was doing stand up, I got 'Community.' It's like I planted trees six years ago, and now they have fruit.
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Twitter does have an effect on everything - things you put out there, they are out there for good.
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I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.
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Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room.
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The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.
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Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.
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A lot of the rap shows I saw as a kid were boring, but if you went to a Rage show or a Justice show, the kids were losing their minds.
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But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into.
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I'm probably going to get in trouble for this but 'American Dad' is one of my favourite shows. It gets very dark in places but the jokes are there.
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Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage.
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