American - Actor | May 16, 1988 -
I've never been the guy to sit back and wait until someone approved something I was passionate about.
Jermaine Fowler
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I'm pretty much a comic that dwells on what happened to me instead of what's happening to me.
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I've been poor most of my life.
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I just love pranks, man. They're great. I don't understand why people don't do 'em more often.
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I like whatever I'm doing to have depth.
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You don't expect to be touched by comedy. But when it happens, it's beautiful.
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I'd been writing sketches since high school, but 'Friends of the People' really taught me about structure - how to wait out a joke, how to stick with it for a while. It also made me more confident onstage as a performer.
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Society, they look down on teenage moms and dads, but I think those people are just jealous because they'll never know what it's like to be raised by someone who's still being raised.
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I did my first set at a talent show, and I couldn't finish because the judges didn't like my jokes. They were 'offensive.'
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I see myself touring internationally - everywhere, every theater, every arena - and putting out stand-up comedy specials until I can't even stand no more. Even then, I'll probably do my comedy special in a hospital bed.
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I was always causing trouble in school. Doing impressions of Bart Simpson, interrupting class - I liked the attention and entertaining people.
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I probably wouldn't have pursued comedy further if my friends didn't tell me that my getting kicked off the stage was the funniest thing they'd ever seen.
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