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> [You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/you-can-not-have-comedy-unless-people-are-behaving-badly-you-can-t/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2a/keegan-michael-key-9705_badly_you-can-not-have-comedy-unless-people-ar_751962.jpg)

> [The fact of the matter is, you can't do comedy unless someone is behaving badly. Otherwise, it's not a comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/the-fact-of-the-matter-is-you-can-t-do-comedy-unless-someone-is/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/keegan-michael-key-9705_behaving_the-fact-of-the-matter-is-you-can-t-do-c_2656801.jpg)

## More by Keegan-Michael Key

> [I would like to invest more of my brain space in understanding the history of my city, because whenever I learn about the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/i-would-like-to-invest-more-of-my-brain-space-in-understanding-the/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [Some of the friendliest, friendliest people you're going to meet are going to be in Detroit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/some-of-the-friendliest-friendliest-people-you-re-going-to-meet-are/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/i-m-very-concerned-with-what-s-going-on-the-news-but-i-would-not-call/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/i-m-tall-and-thin-but-not-strong-so-you-re-either-an-athlete-or-you/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [ We share plates \[with Jordan Peele\], and we also very often will sit in the corner and kind of speak in our own language. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/we-share-plates-with-jordan-peele-and-we-also-very-often-will-sit-in/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/to-make-an-absolutely-gross-generalization-i-think-a-lot-of-people/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [ \[The rumor that Leonardo DiCaprio on set was raped by a bear\] was as silly as Lady Gaga bumping him or moving his arm… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/the-rumor-that-leonardo-dicaprio-on-set-was-raped-by-a-bear-was-as/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [I want people to say, "Oh my God, I'm laughing out loud at television."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/i-want-people-to-say-oh-my-god-i-m-laughing-out-loud-at-television/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't eat that plant. Or this tribe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/it-was-very-important-thousands-of-years-ago-to-categorize-things-i/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [Bill Murray is such a tremendous talent, but the world wasn't ready for 'Razor's Edge,' for something that thoughtful and with that much depth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/bill-murray-is-such-a-tremendous-talent-but-the-world-wasn-t-ready/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [There's a very famous South African playwright named Athol Fugard, and I'd be in any play he's ever did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/there-s-a-very-famous-south-african-playwright-named-athol-fugard-and/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [I would play just about any role, male or female, in the Anton Chekov play 'The Cherry Orchard,' which I love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/i-would-play-just-about-any-role-male-or-female-in-the-anton-chekov/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [There is nothing more dangerous on planet Earth than a black wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/there-is-nothing-more-dangerous-on-planet-earth-than-a-black-wife/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [There's a sketch where we're playing two terrorists in a cave, and my terrorist is very frustrated as to why we haven't flown a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/there-s-a-sketch-where-we-re-playing-two-terrorists-in-a-cave-and-my/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

> [Ricky Gervais changed our lives. And Mitch Hedberg, who we're like, "Oh, that's funny to me on a level I don't think I understand.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/ricky-gervais-changed-our-lives-and-mitch-hedberg-who-we-re-like-oh/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

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