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" I keep doing stand-up because the world needs laughter - there's always something happening in the country and in the world. That's why I wanted to become an entertainer: to help people forget about their problems for a little while. "

Loni Love

World

Problems

People

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Loni Love

Truth

Comedy

" I tend to be everybody's best friend, and it kind of goes over into my comedy. "

" I don't want to get married - I've been there and done that. So I know what I'm talking about when I say that. And for everybody has a different path - find out your path! And if you want to do it, don't let people make you feel inadequate because you wanted to do something that's different. "

" I don't have a lot of time for television because I am making it, so it's really hard for me to sit down. But when I do get a chance, I try to catch up on 'Scandal,' 'Empire' and 'black-ish.' "

Loni Love

I Am

Television

" That's a nice thing about being a topical standup: you can add in things to keep it fresh. "

" I was a latchkey kid, so when I saw the 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,' that showed me that there was a different type of lifestyle out there. I was curious about it and amazed about it. "

" What we're trying to do is take these words and soften them. I'm an African-American comic. I use the b-word in my act. "

" When you're a plus-sized girl, belts are your best friends. I also love bright colors and skirts, to show my pretty knees. "

" In 'Mother's Day,' which is directed by legendary director Garry Marshall, I play a mother figure to the character played by Jason Sudeikis from 'Saturday Night Live.' He's a widower, and I'm a mother who's helping him to get over the loss of his wife. "

" Being in the Girl Scouts took me out of the projects environment and showed me different things. "

" My material reaches everyone. "

Loni Love

Everyone

Material

" I did all this standup comedy in college, and from that point on, I tried to develop myself and get my name back out there. "

" I am a seasoned performer. "

Loni Love

I Am

Seasoned

" Being a female comic and getting a Comedy Central special is an honor because not a lot of women get that. "

" I'm hearing from fans about how they got out of an abusive relationship. That's why I tell people you've got to watch 'The Real.' We are about comedy and inspiration, but personal moments come up, and people are moved by it. "

" I do talk about celebrity relationships like Kim Kardashian's. I like to find the humor in love. "

" One of my dreams was to change the way women of color were seen on television. "

" If you think about how many headlining female comics are out there, you could say 15, maybe 20? "

" Really, it hasn't changed for female comics; it's still hard for females to really enter the game. "

" I always tell people if you want to do something, go to a great comedy show. And that's what I try to do: give people a really good comedy show. "

" I love being a regular on 'Chelsea Lately!' "

" People are getting picked up off the street and getting a show, and it's because we're not using the people that are trying to be entertainers - use more of them. "

Loni Love

Off

People

" People say they get a warmness from me. "

" I will never say never, but I can tell you right now - I am perfectly happy with being who I am. I just - I really - I'm an entertainer, and the thing that I'd decided to work on was my career, and I decided the energy that I was putting in certain relationships - I was really kind of wasting my time, and I knew it. "

" It's been a long haul. It may seem to some people that have never heard of me, 'Oh she just popped up on the scene,' but I've been working on this for some time. "

" Everybody wants to say females aren't as funny as men. That's not true. You just don't see as many because it takes a lot to do this occupation. "