--- title: "3 Connection Quotes By Wyatt Cenac" description: "3 Connection quotes by Wyatt Cenac. Plus more from Wyatt Cenac and more Connection sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/wyatt-cenac-7700_born_i-kinda-feel-like-if-i-can-do-what-i-lik_1187593.jpg" --- > [I kinda feel like if I can do what I like in New York - and I like New York, I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/i-kinda-feel-like-if-i-can-do-what-i-like-in-new-york-and-i-like-new/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/wyatt-cenac-7700_born_i-kinda-feel-like-if-i-can-do-what-i-lik_1187593.jpg) > [So much about getting onstage is creating a connection with an audience that allows you to go different places and try different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/so-much-about-getting-onstage-is-creating-a-connection-with-an/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/wyatt-cenac-7700_audience_so-much-about-getting-onstage-is-creatin_1552587.jpg) > [I spent a lot of time in Brooklyn as a kid. I was born in New York, and my grandmother lived in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/i-spent-a-lot-of-time-in-brooklyn-as-a-kid-i-was-born-in-new-york-and/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/wyatt-cenac-7700_born_i-spent-a-lot-of-time-in-brooklyn-as-a-k_1721878.jpg) ## Other authors on Connection - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-b-b-king-1507543-16033.jpg) Joseph P. Kauffman 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection/joseph-p-kauffman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bren-brown-19292.jpg) Brené Brown 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection/bren-brown/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sharon-salzberg-84572.jpg) Sharon Salzberg 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection/sharon-salzberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection/haruki-murakami/) - [Donna Goddard 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection/donna-goddard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-vivek-murthy-4508.jpg) Vivek Murthy 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection/vivek-murthy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robin-hobb-80416.jpg) Robin Hobb 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection/robin-hobb/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dan-spencer-26271.jpg) Michelle Tillis Lederman 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection/michelle-tillis-lederman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-forest-whitaker-35263.jpg) Forest Whitaker 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection/forest-whitaker/) ## More by Wyatt Cenac > [After I left the 'Daily Show,' I was kind of sitting out for five years. I know what it's like to not be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/after-i-left-the-daily-show-i-was-kind-of-sitting-out-for-five-years/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [Sometimes I feel I'm being animated, but it comes off differently. Unfortunately, I was cursed with these sleepy eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/sometimes-i-feel-i-m-being-animated-but-it-comes-off-differently/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [There are plenty of people I've seen and thought that person is funny, or that person is really talented, and they've got something, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/there-are-plenty-of-people-i-ve-seen-and-thought-that-person-is-funny/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [Policing of the disabled and how many deaf people get shot by cops is sort of insane. And it's not talked about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/policing-of-the-disabled-and-how-many-deaf-people-get-shot-by-cops-is/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [I think hard work is definitely a huge thing, but there is something, if you want to call it luck or whatever - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/i-think-hard-work-is-definitely-a-huge-thing-but-there-is-something/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [I went to an all-boys Catholic school in Dallas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/i-went-to-an-all-boys-catholic-school-in-dallas/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [I know for myself, every now and again on HBO, they'll show some of the young comedian specials from the '80s and early '90s,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/i-know-for-myself-every-now-and-again-on-hbo-they-ll-show-some-of-the/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [When I worked on 'The Daily Show,' we had some puppets made of myself, John Oliver, and Jon Stewart. When I left the show,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/when-i-worked-on-the-daily-show-we-had-some-puppets-made-of-myself/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [When you put comedy in the room it's supposed to be in, you start learning it's a process. Not everything is a home run.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/when-you-put-comedy-in-the-room-it-s-supposed-to-be-in-you-start/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [I can't be manic without it feeling false to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/i-can-t-be-manic-without-it-feeling-false-to-me/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [At 'The Daily Show,' we were satirizing a news program. You put somebody in a suit, you put 'em behind a desk, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/at-the-daily-show-we-were-satirizing-a-news-program-you-put-somebody/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [There are 18,000 police agencies in this country. There's no network requiring them to operate according to the same guidelines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/there-are-18-000-police-agencies-in-this-country-there-s-no-network/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [I enjoy doing standup, but when I'm 50, I don't know if I'll still enjoy doing standup. It might be one of those things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/i-enjoy-doing-standup-but-when-i-m-50-i-don-t-know-if-i-ll-still/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [One of the things that I was kind of holding on to from 'The Daily Show' was there was an exhaustion that I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/one-of-the-things-that-i-was-kind-of-holding-on-to-from-the-daily/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) > [Monsters aren't as scary if you start shining lights on them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/monsters-aren-t-as-scary-if-you-start-shining-lights-on-them/) [Wyatt Cenac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyatt-cenac/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection/wyatt-cenac/#itemlist", "name": "3 Connection Quotes By Wyatt Cenac", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I kinda feel like if I can do what I like in New York - and I like New York, I was born in New York, I have a lot more of a connection to New York - the hope is to stay in New York.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wyatt Cenac" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/i-kinda-feel-like-if-i-can-do-what-i-like-in-new-york-and-i-like-new/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/wyatt-cenac-7700_born_i-kinda-feel-like-if-i-can-do-what-i-lik_1187593.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/wyatt-cenac-7700_born_i-kinda-feel-like-if-i-can-do-what-i-lik_1187593.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/wyatt-cenac-7700_born_i-kinda-feel-like-if-i-can-do-what-i-lik_1187593.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I kinda feel like if I can do what I like in New York - and I like New York, I was born in New York, I have…” — Wyatt Cenac", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So much about getting onstage is creating a connection with an audience that allows you to go different places and try different things.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wyatt Cenac" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-cenac/so-much-about-getting-onstage-is-creating-a-connection-with-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/wyatt-cenac-7700_audience_so-much-about-getting-onstage-is-creatin_1552587.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/wyatt-cenac-7700_audience_so-much-about-getting-onstage-is-creatin_1552587.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/wyatt-cenac-7700_audience_so-much-about-getting-onstage-is-creatin_1552587.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So much about getting onstage is creating a connection with an audience that allows you to go different…” — Wyatt Cenac", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I spent a lot of time in Brooklyn as a kid. 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