Keegan-Michael Key Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Keegan-Michael Key:
When you're a child, the most important thing is to be able to live a life of comfort. You want to be sure that the moon goes up at night and the sun comes up in the morning and dad comes home from work.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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For me, as a child, I certainly thought that there were more black people in the world than white people.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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I'm adopted, so I didn't know my father, but apparently he was pretty tall.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't eat that plant. Or this tribe, not that tribe. We don't have to do that anymore - we have processed food now!
~Keegan-Michael Key
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I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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Surprise is not humor. I think that there can be a fine line there.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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Everybody puts on airs, regardless of race.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote white. So if you're mixed, you embrace the mainstream culture more than the African-American culture.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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I get overwhelmed when I approach things intellectually.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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A poet can feel free, in my estimation, to write a poem for himself. Or a painter can paint a painting for himself. You can write a short story for yourself. But for me, comedy by its nature is communal. If other people don't get it, I'm not sure why you are doing it.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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If you look at any successful skit comedy show, ever, there is that format of introducing you to the player in the beginning, and then going on to see those sketches.
~Keegan-Michael Key
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