“I always found myself feeling that happiness rises and frustration trickles down. If the people at the top are frustrated, then everybody down the line feels that. But if the people at the bottom are happy and fulfilled, then they do their jobs a little better, and it goes up that way.”

American comedian, actor, producer, and writer, born 1976

Wyatt Cenac is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He was born in 1976 and is known for work in television and film, including his time as a correspondent and writer for The Daily Show from 2008 to 2012. He later starred in the TBS series People of Earth and in Barry Jenkins’s first feature, Medicine for Melancholy. He also hosted and produced the HBO series Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas, bringing the same sharp, observational style to comedy and commentary.