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" I love hip-hop, but hip-hop is a way of life. "
Craig Robinson
Hip-Hop
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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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" 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 can bring a crowd down. There should be a contest for that. "
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" My parents did the whole good-cop/bad-cop thing - Dad was the bad cop, and Mom was the good cop. I remember my father saying, 'I'm his father, not his friend.' That kind of stuck with me. "
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" My first time in Germany. We started off in Heidelberg, which is this quaint, nice town. The Germans, they shoot just like the Americans, except for, if it's a 10-hour day, they're leaving at 5. You don't go to 5:30, 6, 7. No. And then we had a fest for everything. "
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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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" 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
" Always wanted to go to Germany... probably one of my top ten. "
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" My whole life, people have been like, 'I don't know if you're playing or serious.' "
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" I think I, and the audience, would enjoy a kissing scene with me and Rihanna. That would've been cool for me to see, rehearse, practice, and all that. Me and Rihanna. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" That's the most gratifying thing in the world, helping each other. "
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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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" 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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