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Janelle James

(1979) Actor

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Janelle James is an actor.

Quick Facts About Janelle James

Born: September 23, 1979
Profession: Actor

About Janelle James

[Wikidata] American comedian... | [Wikipedia] Janelle James is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for her role as Ava Coleman in the ABC television series Abbott Elementary, for which she won a Critics Choice Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and two NAACP Image Awards, in addition to nominations for five Primetime Em

Quotes by Janelle James

I love physical comedy.

Comedy

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Mostly, I watch YouTube.

Mostly

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Kids are just very blunt.

Blunt

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I try to type how I speak.

How

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Comedy is hard.

Comedy

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I did a lot of everything to pay my rent.

Did

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People with no sense of humor, I feel so bad for them.

Bad

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I was attracted to getting to play a bigger personality.

Attracted

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I feel like I have good taste.

Feel

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I do my makeup for Zooms now. I've learned that lesson.

Learned

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I would love to learn to play all instruments.

Instruments

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I mean, I feel like everything I say is funny.

Comedy

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If you don't like your therapist, find another.

Another

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I would like to put on record that I've never had a GoFundMe.

Like

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I just want to be funny and do things! Being hot is work - that's another job.

Being

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How would we survive without laughter? What a wonderful, free gift that we've been given as human beings.

Comedy

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I just like watching young women living for themselves and traveling.

Like

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I used to paint. I have all the equipment. It's just the doing.

Doing

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I'm never one to claim a celebrity as a friend unless I know their mama's name or something like that.

Celebrity

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I always wanted to be out of school - and maybe that's the whole point.

Always

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Sometimes you have a fan and they bring someone new to see you.

Bring

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To see a Black woman play this type - the goofy, layabout boss, a role usually reserved for white men - it's…

Boss

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I'm just trying to build an organic fan base. A lot of the people who follow me have been following me since…

Fan base

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I remember when I wanted to start touring for comedy. That's when podcasts were just kicking off. So I listened to every…

Comedy

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I wait till everyone leaves a social media site before I go on. I wait till everyone says it's over and then…

Media

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It's not a thing I used to do, but I'm in a position now where I have money for the first time…

First time

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Living out my dreams of making a living in the arts and sharing the gift of laughter is made that much sweeter…

Art

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Everybody thinks you just go and you automatically like your therapist, and you get the answers in a month and now you're…

Answers

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I can't do horror movies, it really messes me up. I already don't sleep. I don't need to add to that. Life…

Enough

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Hosting a game show is like a novel way to watch relationships either blossom or fall apart in real time based on…

Fall apart

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It's probably naive of me, but when I read this pilot of 'Abbott,' I knew it was gonna go. Whether I'm there…

Go

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I enjoy Chris Rock. Bill Burr. Wanda Sykes. I enjoy the legends. But no one is like Richard Pryor. Before I knew…

Best

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I like the old way of celebrity where you only saw them when they had projects to promote. You saw them do…

Celebrity

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One thing I always say about my mom is we were so poor, but she always made sure that we got whatever…

Always

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Every time I smile, I look like I'm up to something.

Look

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No downsides to the bidet. Everyone should have one.

Everyone

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I'm actually just a chatterbox more than a class clown.

Chatterbox

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I'll turn down money over experience any day.

Day

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I can admire people without being a weirdo about it.

Admire

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I don't even remember any of my principals.

Any

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