J. B. Smoove Quotes - Page 3

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• When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.

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  Class, Firsts

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• You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.

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  Police, Ifs

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• If a director brings a guy to their movie who does improv, they've got to let him do what he does - otherwise it's like bringing Michael Jordan to your basketball team and telling him to just pass the ball and don't shoot.

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  Basketball, Team, Guy

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• I tell people all the time, as I was going through my process of being a comedian or being an actor and a writer at SNL, I tell people that everything you do is all a piece of your puzzle to determine where you’re going to end up at.

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  People, Comedian, Actors

  "J.B. Smoove Talks New Series ‘Bent,’ Plan To Become A Comedy Mogul". Interview with Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2012.

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• I can apply myself to the format of 'SNL,' I can apply myself to the format of 'Conan,' but at the same time, I'm still being J. B. Smoove. I'm not changing up my style, I'm not changing up how I think, what's funny to me, my delivery, the way I carry myself.

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  Thinking, Style, Way

  Interview with Joel Keller, www.avclub.com. January 9, 2011.

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• Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.

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  Thinking, Able, Lasts

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• I don't like to dabble in anything I don't do well. I don't talk politics.

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  Politics, Wells

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• For me, standup will always be some part of my life, and other things will move around and find their place.

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  Moving

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• I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.

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  Car, Dodge, Truck

  "J.B. Smoove shares great Larry David stories, picks Super Bowl winner". Fox Sports' "Questions with Comedians" Interview, www.foxsports.com. January 30, 2014.

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• I'm big on facial expressions, and I'm big on mannerisms, which I find to be hilarious.

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  Expression, Bigs, Facial

  "JB Smoove, comic and torturer". TheWrap.com Interview, www.reuters.com. January 20, 2012.

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• I believe, even when I'm doing my standup or my acting or whatever I'm doing, I believe in painting pictures.

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  Believe, Acting, Painting

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• When you speak directly at things and don't say you're going to try to do something or that you hope to do something, the universe will work with you. Think about it this way - a boomerang goes out and comes back to you if you throw it. If you throw it out at the universe, it will come back down to you on Earth.

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  Thinking, Trying, Earth

  "JB Smoove shares great Larry David stories, picks Super Bowl winner". FOX Interview, www.foxsports.com. January 30, 2014.

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• I have to satisfy my audience.

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  Audience

  "Curb Your Enthusiasm's JB Smoove". Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. June 16, 2010.

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• You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' - the variety of characters was so amazing to me.

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  Character, Stuff I Like, Classic

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• I’m trying to be the Jay-Z of comedy one day. I don’t know if there’s any comedy moguls out there, but I would love to be the first comedy mogul.

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  Trying, One Day, Moguls

  "J.B. Smoove Talks New Series ‘Bent,’ Plan To Become A Comedy Mogul". Interview with Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2012.

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• I was the hallway clown in high school.

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  School, High School, Clown

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• It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.

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  Race, Type, Certain

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• My life is gardening, cleaning around the house and power washing.

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  House, Gardening, Cleaning

  "J.B. Smoove Talks Larry David’s Bigwig Friends, Playboy Ways". Interview with Jessie Heyman, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 12, 2011.

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• My wife is a vegetarian. When my wife is with me, I eat vegetarian. When she's not, I eat meat. I'm just being honest.

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  Wife, Just Being, Meat

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• People love things about Hollywood. People love to see the inside of what's going on.

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  People, Hollywood

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• Police blog or entertainment news, it's just good to see your name in print.

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  Names, Police, Entertainment

  "Curb Your Enthusiasm's JB Smoove". Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. June 16, 2010.

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• I thought 'Pineapple Express' was hilarious.

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  Pineapples

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• I try to dress smooth, I try to keep my face shaved, I try to keep my head cut. I try to do all the things to keep it smooth going!

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  Cutting, Trying, Faces

  "THAT’S HOW HE DOOZ IT! One-on-One with Comedian JB Smoove". Interview with Sergio Mims, www.ebony.com. April 2, 2012.

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• I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.

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  Eye, Giving, Together

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• I have big hands. I can't do the touch-screen thing. I'm a button guy. I want to press buttons.

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  Hands, Guy, Want

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