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Orlando Jones

(1968) Stand-up Comedian United States

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Orlando Jones is a stand-up comedian from the United States, best known for A Mid-Wales family.

Quick Facts About Orlando Jones

Born: April 10, 1968
Nationality: United States
Profession: Stand-up Comedian
Notable works: A Mid-Wales family

About Orlando Jones

Orlando Jones is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for being one of the original cast members of the sketch comedy series MADtv, for his role as the 7 Up spokesman from 1999 to 2002, and for his role as the African god Anansi on Starz's American Gods.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Orlando Jones

Love without limits; reverse the hate.

Hate

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I became acutely aware of how important it is to separate the difference between who you are and who the character you're…

Aware

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Belly was not a bad movie. It was visually very interesting.

Bad movie

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In New York, people are pretty cool, and you don't catch a lot of grief. But in certain spots, man, it's over.…

Cool

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I'm challenging myself to reverse the hate.

Challenges

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There was a guy that was friends with my father, a very well-known and powerful hustler on the Eastern seaboard. He was…

Father

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My father marched in Selma. My father was there in Alabama. That's where I was born. My birth certificate says 'colored.' It…

Birth

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The only reason I wanted to do 'MADtv' was because I grew up reading 'Mad Magazine' because I'm a comic-book nerd.

Books

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People choose whatever projects they've seen that I've done over the years, and whichever one is their favorite is the only one…

Feelings

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I've been in fandom for a really long time. Back in the day, you had to go to a con to engage…

Con

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I think it's impossible to be a young black male from the South, born to an era I was born in, and…

Born

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I'm tired of cookie-cutter monolithic representation of black folks.

Black

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Ultimately, the core premise of 'American Gods' is, 'What do you believe?' And how your beliefs can be manifested into reality.

American

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I sort of fell in love with the idea that we all love things that we're not supposed to, and that, often,…

Books

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'Sleepy Hollow' was really the first thing I'd done that gave me the opportunity in the modern age to build an authentic…

Age

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I want to see as many black professionals as possible.

Black

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Sometimes I'm more inspired by stuff that tells a story and less inspired by stuff that's not a natural extension of what…

Doing

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When I was on 'Mad TV,' I figured my parents were watching, and that was it. It wasn't 'Saturday Night Live,' so…

High profile

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With 'The Replacements,' it was insane. I'd never done a movie that opened up and made, like, seven million dollars. I'd never…

Done

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Graphic novels and comic books, by and large, as you know, have cover art, and they have interior art. The interior art…

Art

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It’s one of the most enjoyable experiences. To me, it’s theater. Immediate reaction, the second it’s done. I get to be in…

Done

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Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or…

Actor

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It wasn't until 'Double Take' that I was in a movie as the leading man, in a character that was more straight…

Character

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Most of my friends between 21 and 31 are at different stages of figuring out what the hell they are going to…

Different

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I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?'…

Cinema

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