For me, it was important to keep my name in 'mainstream Hollywood.' — Kenya Barris Hollywood Copy Share Image
I feel like money is an interesting thing when you don't come from it. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
My kids are nothing like I remember black kids being when I was a kid. — Kenya Barris Being Copy Share Image
Most importantly, I want my kids to be happy. You're only as happy as your saddest kid. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
'Black-ish' is a show that has spoken to all different types of people and brought them closer as a community, and I'm… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
At 24, I was probably making more than 95 percent of my friends. I was burning through money. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
The PC way of handling culture has been to not talk about it. But we should be talking about it. — Kenya Barris Culture Copy Share Image
For me, one of the big things I really worried about a lot was nuclear war growing up. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
After the first couple of years of on 'Black-ish,' my wife and I actually broke up. We got back together, and it… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Of all the 'Black-ish' characters, Zoey is most like my daughter, who goes to U.S.C. — Kenya Barris Characters Copy Share Image
As much as we want to say racism is dead, it's still rearing its ugly head constantly. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of writing for people rather than writing and then trying to wedge people in. I'd love to know… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I hear a creak in my house, and I'm calling the police immediately, but at the same time, I do know that… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
My kids did not know that Obama was the first black president. I felt like I needed to tell them because I… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
There has never been a prosecuted case of slavery. There's no criminality to it. So, it was just like, 'It's over,' and… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Actors are magical people. They can take words you wrote and say them in a way that, although you thought the line… — Kenya Barris Actor Copy Share Image
The small moments I've had to talk with President Obama, I've told him, 'I get it.' His presidency was in some ways… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Comedy used to be a vehicle for change. Now, comedy has gotten to this quirky, nonsensical place, which I enjoy. But I… — Kenya Barris Change Copy Share Image
I'm doing another pilot about a black Democratic pundit who's married to a white Republican pundit. And the purpose of me wanting… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
The thing that I get so often with network comedies - and, I think, some of the most brilliant people in the… — Kenya Barris Comedies Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily believe that 'The Cosby Show' should disappear as a cultural reference, but it is. That's sad to me. I… — Kenya Barris Amazing Copy Share Image
I think that, for so much of our matriculation through American society, black people sort of feel like outsiders. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Laurence Fishburne - he's a great actor, but he dances and sings, too? He can just do everything. — Kenya Barris Actor Copy Share Image
I still believe a little bit that changing gender roles have hurt relationships. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
We're supposed to be becoming more evolved as a society, and we're actually becoming less evolved. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Whenever you put a family together, they may share some points of views and morals, but there are going to be differences. — Kenya Barris Differences Copy Share Image
When you reach a level of status - and making it to college is an accomplishment in itself - you are trying… — Kenya Barris Accomplishment Copy Share Image
As a creative, you have to be your truest form. You can't worry about fitting into whatever boxes people want to put… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
