You get a little older, and you start understanding the world in a different way and what you don't have control over… — Kenya Barris Control Copy Share Image
I am what I am as a writer because of Norman Lear and Spike Lee. Norman Lear in particular. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals. — Kenya Barris Civil rights Copy Share Image
When you walk past a painting in a museum, if it doesn't make you feel something, then it's probably a failure. — Kenya Barris Artist Copy Share Image
ABC has a general policy that you can't show images of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Jill Soloway is a friend of mine. She does 'Transparent,' and she's amazingly funny and brilliant and bright. And I love her… — Kenya Barris Friend Copy Share Image
I don't know Channing Dungey well, but we have talked several times, and she seems like an amazing executive. — Kenya Barris Amazing Copy Share Image
Everybody - every single person - has a story. Find yours and tell it in your voice. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I hear people say, 'I'm not a role model' all the time, and it's like, 'Well, of course you're not!' It doesn't… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I believe comedy is a really good lens to filter serious issues through. If people are laughing, they don't necessarily realize until… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Black, white, rich, poor - we galvanize through the hard times. We really see it happen in relationships. In the best and… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
The acknowledgement and celebration of Juneteenth as an American and possibly international holiday is something that I would put in the life… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I'm not for having to support everything that's black, because I definitely don't. But I do feel like it is imperative for… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I think that's the key to any artistic endeavor: You want it to feel fresh and not have people look at it… — Kenya Barris Art Copy Share Image
I would say any creative person has that: you can't just force a topic. Whether you're a painter, you want to do… — Kenya Barris Artist Copy Share Image
My wife is a doctor, and we had a decent life financially. My kids were going to nice schools and had nannies.… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I want to make sure I don't leave any money for my kids, so I'm going to spend it all on clothes. — Kenya Barris Clothes Copy Share Image
You can have good times with anyone, but it's really different and much more interesting when you look at how you get… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I consider myself a disciple of Norman Lear. And one of the things he did was topic-driven humor. — Kenya Barris Comedy Copy Share Image
My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
As wild and raunchy as Richard Pryor was, people related to his honesty because they found something in their life that they… — Kenya Barris Honesty Copy Share Image
For me, Shonda Rhimes is an amazing person that I look up to. She empowered a lot of her writers to go… — Kenya Barris Amazing Copy Share Image
'A Different World,' for me, was in a lot of ways responsible for me going to college. I wanted to go to… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
What I did not want to be was a fad, because fads die. I had one of the George Michael Wham! neon-colored… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
To me, the Peabody was as big if not bigger than any award, but I do understand an Emmy Award-winning show has… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I never saw couples fight on the family sitcoms I loved to watch. Subsequently, when tough times… — Kenya Barris Alone Copy Share Image
I tried to do Kwanzaa with my family and was like, 'This sucks. What am I doing this for?' For me, I… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
And I feel like, as a black man within black culture, I know very well firsthand - as do my parents and… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I set out to tell my story, which is based on my family. Dr. Cosby told his story in 'The Cosby Show.'… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Writers' rooms are terrifying. You take someone whose never done this before, and this is their life's dream that is about to… — Kenya Barris Amazing Copy Share Image
I've found that the more honest and true you are and can talk about a character and people's experiences, it's less ostracizing.… — Kenya Barris Character Copy Share Image
When you're in the middle of it, when you're a kid growing up, you don't think, 'This is my first heartbreak.' You… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I dug deep, and I found that there were people who voted for Obama and then voted for Trump - because they… — Kenya Barris Change Copy Share Image
I wanted to do a show about a family that is absolutely black. Because as Du Bois has shown, we do have… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
If Adam Sandler does a bad movie, he doesn't bring down the whole white race. But if Tyler Perry does, it's like,… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I really want to do what 'Veep' did. 'Veep,' in a very comical way, gave us a look inside the political machine,… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
My father lost a lung in a chemical accident at General Motors, and after a while, he got a settlement that sort… — Kenya Barris Accident Copy Share Image
I've been on predominantly 'white' shows before, and I had also been on predominantly 'black' shows. I would complain that when I… — Kenya Barris Character Copy Share Image
I have five kids, and people can say 'nature versus nurture,' but it is nature! Nurture has so little to do with… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I know a lot for me, personally, the best moments have come from watching my kids have an experience I never thought… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
