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Donald Glover Quotes
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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.
Donald Glover
Justice
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Boring
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Kids
Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.
Donald Glover
Kids
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Looking
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Whether
Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.
Donald Glover
Men
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Strong
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Struggle
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.
Donald Glover
Enough
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Put
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Wanted
Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are.
Donald Glover
Time
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Jobs
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Waste
I felt like high school for me was like a big whirlpool of me trying to figure out what was OK for me to do.
Donald Glover
School
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Trying
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Big
I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome.
Donald Glover
Kids
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Books
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Obsession
I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.
Donald Glover
Funny
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Job
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Nothing
I try to be me to the utmost.
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Try
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Utmost
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.
Donald Glover
Dad
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Dark
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American
If you're on Twitter, what you're saying is, 'I'm important enough for you to care what I think.'
Donald Glover
Care
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Important
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Saying
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.
Donald Glover
Music
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Money
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Reason
Twitter does have an effect on everything - things you put out there, they are out there for good.
Donald Glover
Good
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Put
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Effect
Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage.
Donald Glover
Funny
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Test
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Gonna
We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are.
Donald Glover
Black
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Put
,
Kids
When anybody pays you to be creative, you're very lucky.
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Creative
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Lucky
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Anybody
Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?
Donald Glover
Fight
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Black
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Try
I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.
Donald Glover
Music
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Best
,
Movies
I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.
Donald Glover
Learn
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Stuff
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Grow
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.
Donald Glover
Rock
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Writing
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Team
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.
Donald Glover
Able
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Whatever
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Stars
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.
Donald Glover
Cool
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Stuff
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Sketch
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.
Donald Glover
End
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Writing
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Acting
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Nationality:
American
Type:
Musician
Born:
September 25
, 1983
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