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" I love any TV show that has to do with singing. "
Phoebe Robinson
TV Show
Show
Singing
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" With '2 Dope Queens,' with stand-up, and also with 'Sooo Many White Guys,' the interview stuff that I do, I really am a fan first. "
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Many
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" I'm a nail biter and have been my whole life. "
Phoebe Robinson
Life
Been
Whole
" Just like anyone else, I watch a lot of reality TV yet will turn my nose up at some of it, e.g., ABC's 'Splash,' because I think I'm above it. "
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Reality
Like
Think
" I love doing standup, but I love watching it more. Watching people like Michelle Buteau or Baron Vaughn get up and do their thing - that is what comedy can be like. "
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Doing
" Sometimes in stand-up, you want that late-night set where you get that five minutes, then you want a half-hour special, and then the crown, if you will, is an HBO special. "
Phoebe Robinson
Want
Crown
Special
" Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs. "
Phoebe Robinson
Dream
Doing
Agree
" For me personally, I was just worried that transitioning from a podcast, which is a very intimate sort of experience - people tell me they listen to my podcast while they're at the gym or on road trips, so you're in someone's ear - to being on television - that's a lot of space to fill. "
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Gym
Experience
Road
" Spending $40,000 on shoes is downright ignorant. "
Phoebe Robinson
Spending
Shoes
Ignorant
" I'm really into short-story collections and essays; they're my jam. "
Phoebe Robinson
Collections
Essays
Really
" Sometimes it's good to say no. Sometimes it's good to not act impulsively. "
Phoebe Robinson
Say
Sometimes
Good
" One of the great things about 'The Voice' is that all the judges sing their own hits, as well as covers, and do duets with each other. "
Phoebe Robinson
Great
Voice
Own
" I was a funny kid growing up, and I did improv in college and went to Pratt Institute, but I did it very informally. It was just me and some of my friends goofing around on campus. "
Phoebe Robinson
Friends
Funny
Growing Up
" I just wanna go on the record to say I talk about U2 so much, I should be their publicist. I should be added to the PR team. U2 is my favorite band of all time. I love them so much. "
Phoebe Robinson
Team
Say
Love
" Feminism is being broken open, to welcome more people than just white women of a certain class. "
Phoebe Robinson
Broken
People
Women
" If the guy does not treat you with love and respect, does not cease-and-desist with all the game playing, is not willing to share his world with you, then he is bad for you. "
Phoebe Robinson
You
World
Game
" While complex acting roles are lacking for actresses, what's even more rare are female directors. "
Phoebe Robinson
Complex
Acting
Roles
" I try to read 20 books a year. "
Phoebe Robinson
Read
Year
Try
" If I'm going to be completely honest, I did not get the appeal of IFC's 'Portlandia' initially. "
Phoebe Robinson
Did
Going
Honest
" Let's be real: dads get a bad rap in the media. We're talking Vanilla Ice's 'Ninja Rap' bad. More often than not, they're either pop lockin' Soul Train-style after learning they aren't the father, or they're selfish man-children who have more toys than brain cells. "
Phoebe Robinson
Brain
Father
Soul
" I think anytime you work on something, even if you feel really good about it, you're never really sure. Once it's in the public space, it's out of my hands. "
Phoebe Robinson
Good
Think
Space
" 'SNL' has always been known for its ability to skewer politics, and the circus that was Palin's bid to be Vice President was ripe for parody. "
Phoebe Robinson
Been
Circus
Politics
" Sometimes it's good to act responsibly. "
Phoebe Robinson
Good
Responsibly
Sometimes
" Making tough decisions that may make someone unhappy is something to get good at doing. "
Phoebe Robinson
Decisions
Unhappy
Good
" Flashback episodes are a tried-and-true sitcom device, but they always work! "
Phoebe Robinson
Device
Always
Flashback
" If I have a daughter and she grows up to be an astronaut, she's gonna end up on a Black History Month stamp. "
Phoebe Robinson
Daughter
History
End
" I'm going to keep doing the comedy and the art that I do. I'm going to keep uplifting marginalized voices, and I think that's my place to do that. "
Phoebe Robinson
Going
Doing
Place
" The 'X-Men' franchise has not been a perfect one. "
Phoebe Robinson
X-Men
Perfect
Franchise
" There's so many careers that didn't happen because women are like, 'I can't deal with this harassment. I'm going to leave this industry.' "
Phoebe Robinson
Leave
Women
Like
" Who can forget the awesome scene in 'Independence Day' when the White House gets blown up by aliens? Sure, it looks cheesy now, but back in 1994, it was incredible. "
Phoebe Robinson
White
Day
Forget
" The great thing about being a standard-issue, straight white person is you have so much time. Gay people, people of color, we have less time! We have to be a living Learning Annex to everybody. We don't have time to master hobbies like skipping rocks along lakes. "
Phoebe Robinson
People
Great
Color