Michael Che

Comedy is subjective.

— Michael Che

I kind of write in my own little world.

— Michael Che

I'm a huge Steven Martin fan.

— Michael Che

That's my only goal: Stay off crack.

— Michael Che

America's a gangbanger country. We got our gang, and everything else is irrelevant.

— Michael Che

I remember liking the MTV awards when I was a kid.

— Michael Che

I get to do what I love for money. It's weird to process that.

— Michael Che

It's a hard, lonely feeling, to be completely yourself in front of strangers.

— Michael Che

I grew up in the projects with four older brothers.

— Michael Che

I can tell how honest a joke is or how true a joke is by how fast the laughs come.

— Michael Che

Comedy's my outlet for my ridiculous emotions.

— Michael Che

Nothing is funnier than a true story told by a bitter old black man.

— Michael Che

When I was little, I used to suck the candy coating off of Advil and spit the white part back in the…

— Michael Che

I think when you first get a job, you're just trying to do what the last regime did, just to keep it…

— Michael Che

I'm a big Knicks fan, and I will tell a professional basketball player that they suck because they didn't do what I…

— Michael Che

My uncle is a martial artist, and in the early '80s, he made a kung fu flick with director Charlie Ahearn.

— Michael Che

Some things hit close to home with people, and it's going to be hard to tell someone who lost somebody on 9/11…

— Michael Che

Donald Trump is Donald Trump! He doesn't apologize for who he is. We know he's tacky. We know he's orange. We know…

— Michael Che

In comedy, you work with people so often that they just become familiar faces - it's like a fraternity.

— Michael Che

I would say Colin Jost is Kanye West because he takes like the creative risk a lot of times, whereas I'm like,…

— Michael Che

One of the hardest things in the world to say is "President Trump," and not out of disrespect - just because people…

— Michael Che

No matter how you feel, you've got to be able to laugh at yourself. If you can laugh at Donald Trump, then…

— Michael Che

When you inherit a segment that people grew up with, they are like, "This is not what I'm used to." It's hard.…

— Michael Che

I've learned a lot just being around people who grew up so differently from me, which is cool. It teaches you how…

— Michael Che

Yes, I believe in equality. But I don't like the word 'feminist,' because it's such a rational belief to think that women…

— Michael Che

You can go anywhere in New York. There's always something to do in New York. There's always a place to eat no…

— Michael Che

People used to say, "Oh, I like SNL show, it's funny." And this 2017 season, people were saying, "Oh, I love the…

— Michael Che

I feel like most standup comedians do it the way I did it, where you just go to open mics and cut…

— Michael Che

Maybe I'm naive, but I still have a little bit of faith in the structure of the United States government and thinking…

— Michael Che

Of course there's a backlash. Of course. Look, half the country voted for Donald Trump. But I think one of the things…

— Michael Che

I would love to be able to play anywhere, but to me the sweet spot is clubs and theaters, just because I…

— Michael Che

There's tons of stuff where you're like, "God, I wish I could take that back."

— Michael Che

To deliver something deadpan is very difficult; I don't think people know how hard those jokes are.

— Michael Che

If you're honest about things, people will trust you, even if you're a bad guy. That says something about where we are…

— Michael Che

When I was about nine, I went to school with a toothbrush in my mouth. I saw Method Man do it in…

— Michael Che

Watching someone getting really angry can be very funny - if it doesn't affect you, you can laugh at it, and the…

— Michael Che

I feel like comedy is only respected on the highest level, and on every other level, it's like a joke, like, 'Ugh…

— Michael Che

If you really think everything in your life, everything that you benefit from comes from socially aware, like-minded, good-hearted people, then you're…

— Michael Che

I always feel like you don't do comedy for the special - you do the specials so you can do comedy. That's…

— Michael Che

I guess Trump is joke-worthy more than ever because he's the president. I think Donald Trump being president is more about where…

— Michael Che