Chi McBride

Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication. ”

It is a different genre - a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I think it makes for very interesting television. ”

I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did. ”

I had spent many years before I was 31 hearing people tell me, Oh Man, you're so funny, you need to be in television. But that and a quarter won't get you on a bus. ”