Comedy Quotes by Franklyn Ajaye

You must study their deliveries, their use of their bodies, their timing, and their use of audio and vocal effects.

— Franklyn Ajaye

I have no desire to be hip to the latest black slang and do the stereotypical black thing. I was a Richard Pryor fan,…

— Franklyn Ajaye

Walking back and forth also helps by creating the illusion that you are thinking of the routines on the spot, giving your performance a…

— Franklyn Ajaye

Moving to Australia was not a career move, but a quality of life issue. It has no guns, no God, and no gangster rap.…

— Franklyn Ajaye

Evaluate every performance on: stage presence, concentration, delivery, material and lessons learned.

— Franklyn Ajaye

Originality is never embraced as quickly as the commonplace.

— Franklyn Ajaye

Obviously the audience has veto power signified by whether they laugh or not, but you-not them-retain the ultimate power to decide what they're going…

— Franklyn Ajaye

This whole urban rap thing needs to be pulled back some. The ghetto is being glorified, and there's nothing good about the ghetto except…

— Franklyn Ajaye

Black people drink lots of beer. However, you won't see us skiing down a mountain for one, or see us diving for Frisbees on…

— Franklyn Ajaye

Be prepared to cut your little extra lines that come after a big punchline and move on to the next joke or routine to…

— Franklyn Ajaye

In addition to listening to the audience's laugh, you want to listen to their silence. Is it bored or interested silence? The silence is…

— Franklyn Ajaye

An aspiring comedian must be determined to get to his or her true feelings on a subject and convey that to the audience. Figure…

— Franklyn Ajaye