American - Comedian | April 19, 1976 -
There are 18,000 police agencies in this country. There's no network requiring them to operate according to the same guidelines.
Wyatt Cenac
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I am not looking at my TV show to change the world.
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Women deal with real issues with policing that don't really get talked about.
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Policing of the disabled and how many deaf people get shot by cops is sort of insane. And it's not talked about.
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I can't be manic without it feeling false to me.
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The thing that I'm known for - at least, depending on what Subreddit you go to - is being a comedian. And so, even when talking about heavy things, I still want to try to use humor to walk us in the door.
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When I was in college, I walked by the journalism school every day on my way to my own classes, and that's the closest I've come to having any sort of journalism background.
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There's always a certain concern whenever you go and shoot a field piece: that maybe all the elements won't come together, knowing that you have limited time to tell a story, hoping that you get all the elements you need, hoping the subjects are comfortable.
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For me, in trying to talk about something like policing, it's such a huge issue, and it's an issue that's very local and very personalized to communities, to cities, to legislators, and so, in that way, I think as we started looking into talking about policing, the thing that you realize is that you can't paint everything with the same brush.
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If you wanna be the comic relief in a big-budget movie, go to L.A. because there are five auditions in a week that you could hit up, and that increases your chances of getting those jobs.
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There aren't a lot of roles for sleepy-eyed black dudes.
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I kinda feel like if I can do what I like in New York - and I like New York, I was born in New York, I have a lot more of a connection to New York - the hope is to stay in New York.
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