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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?' "
Craig Robinson
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" Comedy chose me. I always had this urge to be silly that I couldn't control. I remember my father having me read 'The Three Little Pigs' to him, and I would improv all around the story, like when one pig's house got blown over, he put on his gym shoes and took off. "
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Gym
" Always wanted to go to Germany... probably one of my top ten. "
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Germany
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" I'm a performer. "
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" You've got to talk to your kids as both a parent and a friend. "
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" I got mad love for hot tubs. "
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Got
" I'm a performer. I do comedy and music, and I blend them together. My band is 'Nasty Delicious!'. "
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Comedy
Music
Band
" I understand the importance of mentorship for young people, even outside their parents. That's more important now than ever. You gotta have that support system everywhere you can. "
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Parents
People
Support
" My father tried to discourage me from going into comedy, mainly because he felt like it wasn't promising. It was pie in the sky. "
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Me
Pie
" If you're going to be the lead, you better be ready to always be working. "
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Ready
Always
Better
" 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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" People do ask me for advice for some reason. And I'll just kind of pose it back to them and let them answer on their own. I never like to give my advice 'cause I don't want them to come back and 'You were wrong! You ruined my life!' so it's more about 'Hey, this is what you just told me. What does that sound like to you?' "
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You
People
" 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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Now
End
Think
" 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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She
Lucky
Dragon
" I have a sound. It's called 'funk mixed with stank.' That's what I do. "
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Mixed
Sound
Funk
" I think Carrot Top is hilarious. "
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Carrot
Top
Think
" 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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Words
Trouble
Time
" My main goal is to connect with the crowd. I leave room for improv. Whatever happens, happens. When I bring my band with me, it turns into the Craig Robinson comedy dance party. "
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Me
Goal
Party
" I so respect Sundance. I'd been hearing about it for years. "
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Years
Hearing
Been
" 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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People
Band
Hug
" The thing that makes you a good 'Caraoke Showdown' singer is you gotta have some knowledge of these songs. You gotta be ready to attack. You gotta shut your brain off and just go. "
Craig Robinson
Go
Brain
Ready
" I love hip-hop, but hip-hop is a way of life. "
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Hip-Hop
Life
Love
" My mother is a retired music teacher. She taught me in high school, and she would take us and put us in these madrigal groups. We would go to a museum or whatever and just perform. "
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Mother
School
Teacher
" 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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You
Looking
People
" I worked with Tyler before on 'Daddy's Little Girls'. He couldn't be smarter or more laid back and cool. He's always throwing out lines and is funny as hell. And he was shining his light on 'Peeples', too, lending his name to showcase Tina as a first-time director, and me as a first-time lead. "
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Little Girls
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Cool
" I got a call from my manager saying, 'Howie Mandel wants to talk to you.' And I'm a comic - big fan of all he's done. He was pitching me 'Caraoke Showdown', and I was just excited about it. "
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Done
Manager
" I do - I do enjoy a good rom-com here and there. Would 'A Fish Called Wanda' be a rom-com? "
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Enjoy
Fish
Good
" I never wanted to do just one thing. There's even other things in comedy that I want to do. For me, it's always been that I have to have the vision first. "
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Always
Me
" My whole life, people have been like, 'I don't know if you're playing or serious.' "
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Serious
Like
People
" Anything to do with 'The Office' I would revisit. "
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Revisit
Would
Anything
" As a comic and as an actor, I think you've got to be partially crazy. "
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Actor
You
Think