Anjelah Johnson

I'm not very good with the Twitter.

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I like to be the only one who uses my toothbrush.

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I stay far away from political humor.

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I started doing comedy in a church.

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I never thought I was going to be a comedian.

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Don't try to be anyone else. Don't try to emulate what someone is doing. Play to your strengths.

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One of the first jokes I wrote was this nail salon bit that ended up blowing up on YouTube. That's kind of…

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A majority of Bon Qui Qui is my little brother, who is ghetto fabulous. He has no filter whatsoever. He just says…

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I was lucky to grow up in a culturally diverse area knowing a lot of different people from all different walks of…

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I think people know what they're getting with my name, because they've seen my specials on Netflix.

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I've been doing the Vietnamese nail lady impressions since my mom first took me to get my nails done when I was 12.

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My stand-up is clean; it's not too edgy. I've played it safe since the beginning.

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There's a joke that I do where I make fun of myself for being bow-legged, and I compare myself to a camel…

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People want to call me racist for doing the Bon Qui Qui character, and I'm like, 'Look, Bon Qui Qui is a…

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I live my life not to please my pastor or my church or fellow Christians. I live my life according to my…

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Everyone who comes to my show has their own struggles. There's so many people dealing with so many things; I love that…

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You don't want to let people down, and that's so hard because you're never going to please everybody. There's always going to…

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When people didn't really know who I was, and I would get on stage, they would be distracted by what I looked…

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I do a joke in my stand-up where I say I'm a Christian, but I'm not a Christian comedian. I think that's…

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I'm a very observational storyteller, and I'm always relational - a lot of stories stem from relationships, whether it's me with my…

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I had this little piece of me that always wanted to be an actress, but I would never say it out loud…

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One of my best friends growing up was Vietnamese, and he and his mom would teach me how to say certain things…

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Deep down inside, I'm really a black girl stuck in a Mexican girl's body. But I'm also in touch with my inner…

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It's always nerve-wracking when people say they look up to you or that you're a good role model. It's such a double-edged…

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Sometimes you hear about people who can't wait to leave their hometown. I did not have that feeling at all. I love…

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I love sharing my life with people.

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I'm Mexican. I eat salsa with everything.

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I really just got married for the material, to tell you the truth.

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Ellen DeGeneres is great. She has this natural style, and she makes comedy look so easy.

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I'm from San Jose, CA, which is very diverse, and I grew up around a lot of different types of people.

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People usually want to show me their impression of me, which is always awkward.

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I've realized that I can never not do the nail salon joke, and I will have to talk about Bon Qui Qui…

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When I really started just giving them the truth of who I was, that's when my fan base really started to grow.

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People pay their hard-earned money to come and watch me perform live. That's a blessing.

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I'm so lucky to do what I do, traveling across the country and making people laugh.

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There's been roles that I have turned down. There's no rule book or handbook... It's just... whatever I'm comfortable with.

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Nobody wanted to help me get my start, not to mention it's tough being a female in a man's world of stand-up…

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Once, I was doing Bon Qui Qui in Miami, and this black girl was in the audience, and she yelled out, 'That's…

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I'm used to performing. I'm comfortable in front of people. I'm never the one who's fighting for attention, but I've always been…

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My goal's always to connect and relate to my audience. I want them to leave my show feeling like they got to…

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