Wyatt Cenac

“When I was in college, I walked by the journalism school every day on my way to my own classes, and that's the closest I've come to having any sort of journalism background.”

“Women deal with real issues with policing that don't really get talked about.”

“I feel like you could watch 'Grand Budapest' without sound, and it would still be funny.”

“I make jokes. That's what I do.”

“I have worked in animation on 'King of the Hill.' I've worked in late-night with 'The Daily Show.' I've worked on single-camera stuff, whether it was a movie or television. I have performed onstage.”

“There's more we can do as a community to try to change what policing looks like in our cities.”

“So much about getting onstage is creating a connection with an audience that allows you to go different places and try different things.”

“Everybody has a stake in the story of policing.”

“Whenever I've done jobs, whether it's an acting job or writing job, there's an aspect of it that feels like you help build your piece of it, and then you watch as someone takes it, and they finish building it.”

“Monsters aren't as scary if you start shining lights on them.”

“Every impression that I do is just a terrible variation on an awful Bill Cosby impression. You're doing an Australian accent, but it's just Australian Bill Cosby; or that's just British Bill Cosby; that's Pirate Bill Cosby.”

“I represent my community, and I represent my people. And I've got to be honest if something seems questionable.”

“It's a very short walk to go from making jokes to getting on a soapbox and going on a diatribe.”

“When I used to put videos on MySpace, there'd always be someone posting something nasty. To those people, I'd send friend requests, and invariably, they accepted them.”

“If you wanna be the comic relief in a big-budget movie, go to L.A. because there are five auditions in a week that you could hit up, and that increases your chances of getting those jobs.”

“Chris Nolan can put Batman in full body armor, have him drive a car that looks likes a tank, and make him political, and everyone says, 'Oh, that's OK.' But try making him Filipino, and everyone gets mad.”

“Flights are a good way to catch up on podcasts, but I'll listen to some jazz to fall asleep.”

“I think, a lot of times when you do a comedy show, people will turn out for a name they know. So, they get excited when they see Patton Oswalt is going to be on the show, but they kind of cross their arms until Patton Oswalt shows up.”

“Kanye is a student of art. He's an art-school-dropout type of kid that will talk about art till the cows come home.”

“I do love Instagram, but even if I spend 15 minutes looking at stuff, I feel guilty.”