Craig Robinson

“Music is in everything I do.”

“My father tried to discourage me from going into comedy, mainly because he felt like it wasn't promising. It was pie in the sky.”

“Who knows if I would get to do 'Mr. Robot' if I was on 'Mr. Robinson?'”

“I grew up in church, so every time I say certain words, I'm like, 'I'm going to get in trouble.'”

“Being on 'The Office' prepared me for drama. Comedy got me ready, but once you get down to it, they're two sides of the same thing. I mean, the delivery has to be different - in drama, there's more time to breathe, and comedy's all about hitting the joke.”

“There's a couple of movie parts that I can't remember. There was always something kind of lurking, because when 'The Office' started, I wasn't a regular. You're a guest star, so they don't really need you. They didn't say that, but I've seen the show - with or without me, it's still funny.”

“I can bring a crowd down. There should be a contest for that.”

“My whole life, people have been like, 'I don't know if you're playing or serious.'”

“I'm just looking at Twitter like, 'Ooooooo.' No, I don't engage, but it's great. There's so many avenues to get your entertainment on; you've got so many people invested in this. I love it.”

“That's when I'm at my rawest. When I'm performing with the band. It's just like the groove is going, whether we're fast or slow, I can just transport myself.”

“I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, north Beverly. It was cool, everybody's cool on the block.”

“Comedy chose me.”

“I think I, and the audience, would enjoy a kissing scene with me and Rihanna. That would've been cool for me to see, rehearse, practice, and all that. Me and Rihanna.”

“You know Seth and Evan, they were lead writers for 'Pineapple Express', and they are great at mixing things up. Taking different genres and mish-mashing them up to create something dynamically new. They'll throw comedy at you, but with a dash of horror and fright that is supposed to make you shocked and scared.”

“I probably have more words to say in 'Mr. Robot' than I've had in my entire career put together.”

“I got a call from my manager saying, 'Howie Mandel wants to talk to you.' And I'm a comic - big fan of all he's done. He was pitching me 'Caraoke Showdown', and I was just excited about it.”

“Anything to do with 'The Office' I would revisit.”

“I never wanted to do just one thing. There's even other things in comedy that I want to do. For me, it's always been that I have to have the vision first.”

“I'm a band leader and substitute teacher, and then one day they bring me into a music class, and I'm like, 'Wait a minute, I know this stuff.' And the principal is like, 'Just throw the video in and call it a day,' and I'm like, 'That's not good enough. I want these kids to know what it's like to have a gig and all that kind of stuff.'”