Most importantly, I want my kids to be happy. You're only as happy as your saddest kid. — Kenya Barris Be happy Copy Share Image
For me, one of the big things I really worried about a lot was nuclear war growing up. — Kenya Barris Big Copy Share Image
Of all the 'Black-ish' characters, Zoey is most like my daughter, who goes to U.S.C. — Kenya Barris Characters Copy Share Image
As much as we want to say racism is dead, it's still rearing its ugly head constantly. — Kenya Barris Dead Copy Share Image
It's hard to take a stand. You're not going to make everybody happy. — Kenya Barris Everybody Copy Share Image
I am what I am as a writer because of Norman Lear and Spike Lee. Norman Lear in particular. — Kenya Barris Because Copy Share Image
At 24, I was probably making more than 95 percent of my friends. I was burning through money. — Kenya Barris Burning Copy Share Image
After the first couple of years of on 'Black-ish,' my wife and I actually broke up. We got back together, and it… — Kenya Barris Back Copy Share Image
I hear people say, 'I'm not a role model' all the time, and it's like, 'Well, of course you're not!' It doesn't… — Kenya Barris Look Copy Share Image
We're supposed to be becoming more evolved as a society, and we're actually becoming less evolved. — Kenya Barris Actually Copy Share Image
The acknowledgement and celebration of Juneteenth as an American and possibly international holiday is something that I would put in the life… — Kenya Barris American Copy Share Image
I'm not for having to support everything that's black, because I definitely don't. But I do feel like it is imperative for… — Kenya Barris Black Copy Share Image
What I did not want to be was a fad, because fads die. I had one of the George Michael Wham! neon-colored… — Kenya Barris Die Copy Share Image
When you walk past a painting in a museum, if it doesn't make you feel something, then it's probably a failure. — Kenya Barris Artist Copy Share Image
My kids did not know that Obama was the first black president. I felt like I needed to tell them because I… — Kenya Barris Black Copy Share Image
I hear a creak in my house, and I'm calling the police immediately, but at the same time, I do know that… — Kenya Barris Black Copy Share Image
Actors are magical people. They can take words you wrote and say them in a way that, although you thought the line… — Kenya Barris Good Copy Share Image
I'm doing another pilot about a black Democratic pundit who's married to a white Republican pundit. And the purpose of me wanting… — Kenya Barris Old Copy Share Image
My wife is a doctor, and we had a decent life financially. My kids were going to nice schools and had nannies.… — Kenya Barris Better Copy Share Image
I think that's the key to any artistic endeavor: You want it to feel fresh and not have people look at it… — Kenya Barris Art Copy Share Image
I would say any creative person has that: you can't just force a topic. Whether you're a painter, you want to do… — Kenya Barris Artist Copy Share Image
For me, Shonda Rhimes is an amazing person that I look up to. She empowered a lot of her writers to go… — Kenya Barris Amazing Copy Share Image
ABC has a general policy that you can't show images of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. — Kenya Barris General Copy Share Image
No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals. — Kenya Barris Civil rights Copy Share Image
My kids are nothing like I remember black kids being when I was a kid. — Kenya Barris Being Copy Share Image
Everybody - every single person - has a story. Find yours and tell it in your voice. — Kenya Barris Find Copy Share Image
I feel like money is an interesting thing when you don't come from it. — Kenya Barris Come Copy Share Image
Sometimes you realize that life isn't defined by the good times. — Kenya Barris Good Copy Share Image
Jill Soloway is a friend of mine. She does 'Transparent,' and she's amazingly funny and brilliant and bright. And I love her… — Kenya Barris Friend Copy Share Image
You can have good times with anyone, but it's really different and much more interesting when you look at how you get… — Kenya Barris Bad Copy Share Image
I consider myself a disciple of Norman Lear. And one of the things he did was topic-driven humor. — Kenya Barris Comedy Copy Share Image
If Adam Sandler does a bad movie, he doesn't bring down the whole white race. But if Tyler Perry does, it's like,… — Kenya Barris Adam sandler Copy Share Image
My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me… — Kenya Barris African Copy Share Image
As wild and raunchy as Richard Pryor was, people related to his honesty because they found something in their life that they… — Kenya Barris Honesty Copy Share Image
We should be aware and constantly having conversations about the world because that's how you change it from the bigger standpoint rather… — Kenya Barris Aware Copy Share Image
