Quotes & Jokes by Donald Glover / page 5
Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage.
To all my fans who’s saying Donald Glover about to blow, just give me six months so you can say I told you so.
Kept looking for something to be in with. Follow someone’s blueprint. But you have to be on your own.
I wish I was a book. She could pick me up, flip through my pages. Make sure nobody drew wieners in me.
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?
A lot of the rap shows I saw as a kid were boring, but if you went to a Rage show or a Justice show, the kids were losing their minds.
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.
People say I've changed and I tell em that I'm glad 'cause I don't wanna stay the same.
I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.
Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.
I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.
I hate it when you really think you're getting something good... and you don't listen to your dudes when you really should.
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 got really lost last year. But I can’t be lonely though. Cause we’re all stuck here. I wanted to make something that says no matter how bad you fuck up, or mistakes you’ve made during the year, your life, your eternity. You’re always allowed to be better. You’re always allowed to grow up. If you want.