Jaleel White

The nature of television is that it's a beast with a lot of opinions. I don't consider myself typecast any more than…

— Jaleel White

I learned to be on time because, otherwise, you could miss a major opportunity. Also, it's important to live a balanced life,…

— Jaleel White

I took opportunities, big or small, to show that I was a constant professional. I feel like the Sam Jackson of network…

— Jaleel White

Writing is still on my slate.

— Jaleel White

People don't necessarily identify me with doing adult things.

— Jaleel White

You have to be respectful of pop culture, because people interpret it in the way they want.

— Jaleel White

It's very important that your parents have careers of their own. When the kid becomes the breadwinner of the household, that's when…

— Jaleel White

I really chose a path after 'Grown Ups' of doing different things that I hadn't tried before, and just trying to take…

— Jaleel White

I was fortunate to work with some very powerful producers like Tom Miller and Bob Boyett.

— Jaleel White

You should never be afraid to be yourself, under any circumstances. The genre of cool is fleeting. What's cool today will not…

— Jaleel White

As you get older, you start to understand you have to do what you need to do.

— Jaleel White

I will get in my car and get a chocolate souffle at midnight, and a glass of wine, and remind myself that…

— Jaleel White

If you go to talk to Disney about anything related to Mickey Mouse, if you can even get the meeting, you're going…

— Jaleel White

Sometimes our awards process can be very political in terms of just driving personal agendas, and I think we forget.

— Jaleel White

I'm very proud of what I was able to do during the '90s, when baggy pants were in and East/West rap was…

— Jaleel White

I learned physical comedy to a degree that most child actors never will. I really just became a student of it -…

— Jaleel White

You need fans in high places, I always tell people. I don't care how talented you are.

— Jaleel White

I don't need to play villains or anything like that to show people that I'm different. I just want to be a…

— Jaleel White

There's a bit of hazing when it comes to the youth performers and a disbelief that you're capable of handling dramatic or…

— Jaleel White

People are really into on-demand consumption. I watch everything myself on demand.

— Jaleel White

You get hate in this business growing up. When you're a young performer, you just don't get the credit for the work…

— Jaleel White

I like women who talk smack.

— Jaleel White

In L.A., the waiters think they're stars. Everybody's always trying to pretend that they see stars every day, so there tends to…

— Jaleel White

What I've kind of learned about comedy is that when comedy gets too expensive it might not be funny. Sometimes it's good…

— Jaleel White

For directors and producers, you're not going to get competent performers on your set if they didn't start at a young age…

— Jaleel White