Donald Glover

The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool. ”

Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room. ”

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have. ”

Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect? ”

I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits. ”

Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage. ”

But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into. ”

The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things. ”

I started doing '30 Rock' and started writing 'Mystery Team' at the beginning of that. While I was doing 'Mystery Team,' I started practicing stand-up. While I was doing stand up, I got 'Community.' It's like I planted trees six years ago, and now they have fruit. ”

Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are. ”