Anjelah Johnson

“Deep down inside, I'm really a black girl stuck in a Mexican girl's body. But I'm also in touch with my inner white girl and my inner Asian girl. I feel like a little bit of everybody.”

“Ellen DeGeneres is great. She has this natural style, and she makes comedy look so easy.”

“I really just got married for the material, to tell you the truth.”

“I live my life not to please my pastor or my church or fellow Christians. I live my life according to my own convictions and morals and core values and principles, and a lot of times, that's not going to add up to other Christians.”

“One of the first jokes I wrote was this nail salon bit that ended up blowing up on YouTube. That's kind of what propelled me into standup.”

“I went to L.A. to become an actress, and I started from the ground up. I worked as an extra, and then I started taking this joke-writing class because it was free. I didn't want to be a comedian, but I was like, 'Free education? Yeah, I'll take a class.'”

“I like to be the only one who uses my toothbrush.”

“Nobody wanted to help me get my start, not to mention it's tough being a female in a man's world of stand-up comedy. It's a very competitive world, and it was a challenge to find my own voice, stick to my guns.”

“I stay far away from political humor.”

“My goal's always to connect and relate to my audience. I want them to leave my show feeling like they got to know me better - not only that, but like we could be friends. I want people to leave going, 'Oh my gosh, I could totally hang out with her!'”

“A majority of Bon Qui Qui is my little brother, who is ghetto fabulous. He has no filter whatsoever. He just says what's on his mind.”

“When I really started just giving them the truth of who I was, that's when my fan base really started to grow.”

“I'm Mexican. I eat salsa with everything.”

“People pay their hard-earned money to come and watch me perform live. That's a blessing.”

“I'm used to performing. I'm comfortable in front of people. I'm never the one who's fighting for attention, but I've always been comfortable.”

“Don't try to be anyone else. Don't try to emulate what someone is doing. Play to your strengths.”

“I've been doing the Vietnamese nail lady impressions since my mom first took me to get my nails done when I was 12.”

“I was lucky to grow up in a culturally diverse area knowing a lot of different people from all different walks of life.”

“I like to tell stories and relate to people and get everybody having a good time. I don't ever want to be in a situation people feel the need to tell me their opinion. So I stay away from any kind of material that would cause somebody in the audience to shout me their opinion.”

“Once, I was doing Bon Qui Qui in Miami, and this black girl was in the audience, and she yelled out, 'That's not funny!' which was really funny because she sounded exactly like the character I was playing.”