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" I always connected renting a car with being an adult. If you think about it, it's the last frontier of your youth. You can join the military at 18, drink when you're 21, but you can't rent a car. "

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" There's a bit of hazing when it comes to the youth performers and a disbelief that you're capable of handling dramatic or comedic material on an adult level. "

Jaleel White

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" Writing is still on my slate. "

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

" The nature of television is that it's a beast with a lot of opinions. I don't consider myself typecast any more than Neil Patrick Harris was as Doogie Howser or James Gandolifini is as Tony Soprano. "

" Nobody is going to be more disinterested in your work than your own kid. "

" I learned physical comedy to a degree that most child actors never will. I really just became a student of it - became obsessed with it, to be quite honest. "

" I will get in my car and get a chocolate souffle at midnight, and a glass of wine, and remind myself that most of my troubles are just in my mind. "

" I wasn't a kid trying to become famous. I wasn't a part of any Disney Channel wheelhouse. I was basically a black kid whose parents put him into the business so he could go to college. "

" If you go to talk to Disney about anything related to Mickey Mouse, if you can even get the meeting, you're going to get 50 people in that room. That is the crown jewel of their brand, and so they protect it. And so for better or worse, the crown jewel of my legacy still remains Steve Urkel and Stefan Urquelle. "

" I like women who talk smack. "

Jaleel White

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

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

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

Jaleel White

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

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

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

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

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

" I've been in this business 31 years. I've never had a movie deal. "

" I learned to be on time because, otherwise, you could miss a major opportunity. Also, it's important to live a balanced life, stay healthy, and not waste your money on things like $8 lattes. "

" Oh, the first dish I learned to make, I think I was about 10 years old, I made my dad spaghetti and broccoli for dinner when he got home from work, and it was, like, a surprise. "

" I love Italian food. "

" We live in an age of sound bites and buzz words. "

" The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career. "