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" I think I said something mean when I was little, and my mother snapped on me. I was just like, 'I'm sorry!' I could relate. If I had cursed out my dad, I probably would be just waking up. "

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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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Shoes

Gym

" As a comic and as an actor, I think you've got to be partially crazy. "

" 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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Deep

Work

" I have a phrase I say: 'What the damn?' It's my favorite. It just came to me one day. "

" It's good to do something different than the subtleties of 'The Office' all the time. "

" I have done my share of karaoke. There is a karaoke place right around the corner from me, and I have been there maybe 800 of 1,000 days I've been in L.A. A lot of songs I know now because of that place. I dig karaoke and have fun with it. "

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Fun

Place

" 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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Want

Always

" Who knows if I would get to do 'Mr. Robot' if I was on 'Mr. Robinson?' "

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Knows

Get

" 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. "

" I'm Mr. Grits. One of the non-perishables. "

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" I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, north Beverly. It was cool, everybody's cool on the block. "

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Chicago

Side

" I think fans are going to get everything you'd expect from 'The Office', from awkwardness, to a lot of humor and heart. "

" I got mad love for hot tubs. "

" Coming up with comedy is hard, man. Those bits aren't easy to think of! "

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Hard

Man

" 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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Goal

Party

" Look at the laws: you can't spank a kid without getting in trouble. That kept me in line! "

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You

Trouble

" I think Carrot Top is hilarious. "

" There's a couple of movie parts that I can't remember. There was always something kind of lurking, because when 'The Office' started, I wasn't a regular. You're a guest star, so they don't really need you. They didn't say that, but I've seen the show - with or without me, it's still funny. "

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Need

Funny

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Brain

Ready

" I was approached by my agent, who said they were interested in me for 'Mr. Robot'. Then I binge-watched the show, and I was like, 'Uh, I would like this. Show me how I'm gonna fit in there, but yeah, I would love it.' "

" 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. "

" 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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Leaving

Nice

" 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. "

" I do - I do enjoy a good rom-com here and there. Would 'A Fish Called Wanda' be a rom-com? "

" I went to the Heidelburg Castle, a 1200-year-old castle, looked around. It was pretty awesome, but you know, they've got a coffee shop in there, and they have some sections closed off. I wanted to see the part where they tortured people, but it was cool, though. "

" 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. "

" You've got to talk to your kids as both a parent and a friend. "

" 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. "