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" I enjoy doing standup, but when I'm 50, I don't know if I'll still enjoy doing standup. It might be one of those things where I find other palettes that I want to paint on and make comedic. "

Wyatt Cenac

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Wyatt Cenac

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" We all live with contradictions. "

Wyatt Cenac

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" I think when you write something as standup material, it forces you to think about how you're gonna tell that story in one way, and then, when you get the opportunity to shoot it, you almost have to reframe how you go about it and rethink the entire process. "

" Policing of the disabled and how many deaf people get shot by cops is sort of insane. And it's not talked about. "

" I spent a lot of time in Brooklyn as a kid. I was born in New York, and my grandmother lived in Crown Heights, so there's a part of it that I feel this connection to. "

" After I left the 'Daily Show,' I was kind of sitting out for five years. I know what it's like to not be able to have that platform for my voice the way I want it. "

" There's always a certain concern whenever you go and shoot a field piece: that maybe all the elements won't come together, knowing that you have limited time to tell a story, hoping that you get all the elements you need, hoping the subjects are comfortable. "

" If you wanna be the comic relief in a big-budget movie, go to L.A. because there are five auditions in a week that you could hit up, and that increases your chances of getting those jobs. "

Wyatt Cenac

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" I went to an all-boys Catholic school in Dallas. "

" Everyone gets very excited about the idea of space travel, but... it's not going to be everybody that gets to go. "

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Everyone

" Monsters aren't as scary if you start shining lights on them. "

" The majority of the DC and Marvel comic lines are white male characters, and the minute you make Thor a woman or Captain America a black guy, the Internet is filled with hateful comments and people saying, 'That's not what Captain America is supposed to look like.' "

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