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" I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends. "

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" I started comedy in 2006. I didn't even think it was a thing I could do. "

" I'm grounded in who I am. "

" My father just instilled in me that either you're going to be No. 1 or nothing at all. "

" I don't know who I'll end up with, but whoever he is must have a strong religious commitment, must be someone who loves God. "

" The thing about black women and black hair is that you just have to experiment. "

" People are surprised I do comedy! And I'm like, 'Guys, that's all I have been doing. For, like, forever.' "

" I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me. "

" I have a saying: Nigerians don't fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard. "

" A lot of people have done things in the name of Christianity and religion and faith in a not-so-nice way. "

" I believe in being diligent but also cut yourself some slack. It's okay in the grand scheme of life. "

" High school is really when I came into my own. "

" We didn't grow up with TV as a viable means of supporting yourself. "

" If you're a woman of colour and you have any level of education, you have to adapt. "

" I'm just gonna talk about being Nigerian-American. I'm gonna talk about being single. I'm gonna talk about what happened to me on the train today. I'm gonna talk about so many other things that, as a comic, you're able to talk about because you see the world in sarcasm. "

" On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't. "

" I was looking around this room, this sea of industry folk. If I had have worn black and white, somebody would have asked me to get them a cocktail; the only other people of colour there were servers. "

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" I've been fortunate that the men I surround myself with in the comedy world are really decent people: men who are very aware, who are very respectful, and understand their place and maybe even some of their privilege. "

" I was supposed to be the doctor in my family. "

" As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self. "

" Auto-pay is not for convenience; it's for the gainfully employed. "

" There's this idea if you are a woman of colour, that you must never let them see you break down. That we've got to show ourselves in the best light, always, as the 'Strong Black Women' and bring that 'black girl magic' all the time. "

" Sometimes you're just regular. Sometimes you wake up, and your breath stinks like everybody else, and you had a bad hair day. "

" I think there is this narrative that if you are a black woman, and you are strong, and you are educated, it's like, 'Good luck getting a black man.' "

" It's only in acting where I've heard in auditions, 'Can you black it up a little bit? Can you make her a little bit more urban?' And it's just like, 'What?' I don't even know the word for that. "

" My faith has really been the biggest asset of my career. It has grounded me and let me focus on what's important. "

" There's random people calling my phone: 'Your mother gave me your number.' My mother has tried to set me up so many times long-distance. "

" I had my masters in public health, and the goal was to be a doctor, and organic chemistry let me know that that was not going to happen, as did my fear of blood. "

" I grew up in a place called Port Harcourt, Nigeria, the youngest of four. What I remember most about Nigeria was the ease. I would play by the pool, have fun with friends. "

" Everyone has met or seen or interacted with a Nigerian in America because we leave Nigeria for here. We're your doctors. We're your lawyers. We're your child's best friend. All of the above. "

" I have a show called 'First Gen' that David Oyelowo is executive producing. "