David Alan Grier Quotes

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• I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year,
• Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.
• To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.
• As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.
• America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live.
• Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.
• I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough.
• I've tried actively to define myself and redefine myself, and not be pigeonholed.
• I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.
• My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call 'Little House on the Prairie' tales, but they were tales…
• I wanted something where I could have the clearest and most unfiltered artistic and creative voice.
• When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and…
• I decided sitcoms weren't for me.
• I had done the sitcom thing to lesser and lesser degrees of success.
• Some days I think I look kind of cute, but other days I try to avoid the mirror.
• Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out.
• I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will…
• Dancing With the Stars' is so Middle America, and people take it so seriously.
• I think Chelsea Handler is the funniest woman.
• I, myself, identify myself as a heathen.

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