Jaleel White

“I will get in my car and get a chocolate souffle at midnight, and a glass of wine, and remind myself that most of my troubles are just in my mind.”

“Nobody is going to be more disinterested in your work than your own kid.”

“People are really into on-demand consumption. I watch everything myself on demand.”

“I'm very proud of what I was able to do during the '90s, when baggy pants were in and East/West rap was relevant and all these different things.”

“I learned to be on time because, otherwise, you could miss a major opportunity. Also, it's important to live a balanced life, stay healthy, and not waste your money on things like $8 lattes.”

“I'm not one of those kind of people that likes to beat up the past to validate the present. Certain people think that it's cool to make fun of MC Hammer. I'm like, 'Yeah, but you owned all of his records.'”

“The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career.”

“If you go to talk to Disney about anything related to Mickey Mouse, if you can even get the meeting, you're going to get 50 people in that room. That is the crown jewel of their brand, and so they protect it. And so for better or worse, the crown jewel of my legacy still remains Steve Urkel and Stefan Urquelle.”

“For directors and producers, you're not going to get competent performers on your set if they didn't start at a young age and understand professionalism.”