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Lil Rel Howery

37 quotes in 175 categories

Lil Rel Howery’s 37 statements blend humor with candid honesty, each one a quick laugh or a relatable truth. The set feels like a stand‑up routine captured in written form, lively and engaging.

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[Wikipedia] Milton "Lil Rel" Howery Jr. is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for playing Robert Carmichael in NBC's television comedy series The Carmichael Show (2015–2017) and Rod Williams in the horror film Get Out (2017). He starred in the short-lived TV series Rel (2018–2019), which he cr

Quotes by Lil Rel Howery

That's the biggest thing: be kind and be original.

Be kind

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There's a difference between delivering real funny and just silly funny.

Between

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We need to be more sensitive to each other.

Need

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My comedy grows as I grow as a person.

Comedy

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The biggest thing is we need to stop acting like racism don't exist.

Acting

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I know I'm being biased about Chicago, but I think Chicago got the most talented people in the world.

Being

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You have these kids trying to make these grown up decisions because nobody is talking to them. We're talking at them, but…

Children

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I love acting. I was one of those dudes that was always in the plays in the church and at school.

Acting

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I'm just saying, and I'm going to say it enough times: I want to play Bernie Mac.

Enough

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Some of the scariest movies I've seen are not considered horror movies, like 'Gone Girl.' That movie scared me. I can't watch…

Girl

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Let me tell you, there's nothing like pulling up to Fox Studios bumping Jeezy in your Mercedes.

Bumping

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I thought I would hate New York, but I love New York. I almost hate to say that being from Chicago.

Chicago

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Chicago made me. They can treat me however they want to treat me anywhere else in the country. When I go back…

Chicago

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The honesty of my material and my being vulnerable was from Richard Pryor. He doesn't mind talking about his life, which is…

Honesty

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Not everybody gonna be in front of the camera forever, man. That's impossible. Don't get me wrong, I love doing that. But…

Behind the scenes

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My friends were the class clowns, but I was the one in class doing Michael Jordan or teachers for no reason. I've…

Amazing

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I'm a hip-hop head, but hip-hop actually introduced me to other genres of music because I started to wonder where a lot…

Hip hop

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Directing is so dope to me, man, 'cause it doesn't necessarily have to be your material. You're making someone else's material come…

Amazing

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My respect for TSA agents went up a notch. We look at 'em like, 'You can't bother me, I'm gettin' on my…

Everything

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When I started comedy, I was a big Eddie Murphy fan. I thought if you did stand-up, you were supposed to know…

Acting

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Everybody makes a decision about where they want their career to go. If I really want something, I put a lot of…

Career

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I'm all for making a woman-empowering song. I get that, and I think that's dope. I've got a daughter, and I think…

Amazing

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Not saying that we are realer than most people, but because Chi is so segregated, first of all, we have to be…

Chicago

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What has kept me focused were my kids. My biggest focus is just making sure I'm good to my babies.

Babies

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My kids are really dope. I was just at home in Chicago, and my daughter Brittany was interviewing me. It was like…

Chicago

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I want to do more films - not just comedies, because I really want to show my range.

Because

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I can't wait for the rest of my career to meet these young writers and filmmakers so that I can produce and…

Career

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I was a huge Wu-Tang fan, along with Crucial Conflict, along with Do or Die along with Mobb Deep.

Conflict

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People thought once Obama got into office that racism was over with. But, what we ended up learning was that it just…

Learning

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I used to watch 'Last Comic Standing' with my mom before she passed. So when I got that red envelope, I was…

Emotional

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I'm not gonna go steal an airport car and go save someone. That's crazy. But I will do almost anything for any…

Car

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I think Eddie Murphy is the greatest comedian. I do think that Richard Pryor is the Godfather, but Eddie Murphy, in my…

Comedian

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I think when we grow up watching TV, the stars seem like stars. You don't know what they went through. You don't…

Hard

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'No Scrubs' is a mean song for a lot of reasons. If you're 18, 19-year-old guy, or even 17, your friend just…

Female

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I'm a student of Comedy Central. It launched careers: Wanda Sykes and even Kevin Hart. The first time I was introduced to…

Comedy

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I think people want to see a hero. It's interesting that with everything that goes on now from shootings to everything, as…

Bad people

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Our jobs as artists is to make sure our art tells a real story and let people see themselves in these characters.…

Art

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