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" I have a sound. It's called 'funk mixed with stank.' That's what I do. "
Craig Robinson
Mixed
Sound
Funk
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" Music is in everything I do. "
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" If you're going to be the lead, you better be ready to always be working. "
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" It's a farmers market. You can get whatever - peaches, a sandwich. There might be a little band there. I'd sit in with the band. Yeah, that's what I would do. Sit in with the band at the farmers market. Sing a couple of songs, eat a peach, and hug people. "
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" I'm just looking at Twitter like, 'Ooooooo.' No, I don't engage, but it's great. There's so many avenues to get your entertainment on; you've got so many people invested in this. I love it. "
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" Banging on the piano while my grandmother was watching me. I'd run up to her and ask: 'How was that, Grandma?' And she'd say, 'That was beautiful, baby!' And I'd run back to the piano and play some more. I'm sure that's why I still play today, because I was encouraged from such a young age, 2 or 3. "
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" The end of 2016, Mariah Carey got on stage, and it was mean. The technical difficulties that she came across, now everybody think that she was lost. "
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" I'm a performer. I do comedy and music, and I blend them together. My band is 'Nasty Delicious!'. "
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" 'Peeples' is definitely not 'Meet the Parents'. It's more a movie about family secrets. It does explore class issues somewhat, but it's mostly about living your own truth. "
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" Doing voiceover is so much fun because you can play with the lines as much as you want. You can put a whole bunch of energy into it, jump up and down, whatever you got to do. "
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" I so respect Sundance. I'd been hearing about it for years. "
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" Anything to do with 'The Office' I would revisit. "
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Would
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" I've seen some beyond-amazing performers do karaoke who should be on stage somewhere, and I've seen people who you rather didn't enter the bar. That's the beautiful thing about it; it's for everybody. "
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People
Beautiful
" Nothing is guaranteed. "
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Guaranteed
" I think fans are going to get everything you'd expect from 'The Office', from awkwardness, to a lot of humor and heart. "
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" I hear a lot of girls say, 'I can be myself around you,' and I'm always thinking, 'Who are you when you're with somebody else?' "
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Thinking
" That's when I'm at my rawest. When I'm performing with the band. It's just like the groove is going, whether we're fast or slow, I can just transport myself. "
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" A bunch of comedians have gotten in 'trouble' for sharing their views. When an actor or an artist or might come out saying something political or whatever, then it becomes about that view. "
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" You've got to talk to your kids as both a parent and a friend. "
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Friend
" I grew up in church, so every time I say certain words, I'm like, 'I'm going to get in trouble.' "
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" I'm starring in the 'New Adventures of Voltron'. I play Voltron. "
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" I was in a TV show called 'Lucky' on FX. The casting director from 'Lucky' was casting 'Dragon Wars'. She called me in to meet with the producer and audition, and I got it from there. "
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" Even in comedy, you have to be real. It's all about being real. It's how real can you be? That's the challenge. How much are you willing to take on for your character? "
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" Coming up with comedy is hard, man. Those bits aren't easy to think of! "
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" I love the deadpan. It's such a strong go-to. It lets the audience make their own decisions about what you're thinking. "
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" I probably have more words to say in 'Mr. Robot' than I've had in my entire career put together. "
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" I'm focused on the work. And now I've done 'Morris' and 'Mr. Robot,' my appetite is whet to go deeper. It's fun, and it's challenging, and it stretches me. I'm not saying I'm done with comedy by any stretch of the imagination. I'm saying, yeah, let's see how deep the rabbit hole goes. "
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