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" I think when you write something as standup material, it forces you to think about how you're gonna tell that story in one way, and then, when you get the opportunity to shoot it, you almost have to reframe how you go about it and rethink the entire process. "

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" For me, in trying to talk about something like policing, it's such a huge issue, and it's an issue that's very local and very personalized to communities, to cities, to legislators, and so, in that way, I think as we started looking into talking about policing, the thing that you realize is that you can't paint everything with the same brush. "

Wyatt Cenac

Trying

Looking

" One of the things that I was kind of holding on to from 'The Daily Show' was there was an exhaustion that I would feel because we just kind of got caught up in the news cycle. You tell a story, and that's an interesting story, and then the next day we have to drop it and talk about something else. That's so unfair to the story and the people. "

" I feel like you can't trust a cat. I feel like a cat's got an ulterior motive. The moment you show any weakness to a cat, the cat is gonna take over. "

" It's interesting to go places and see that, at the end of the day, people just want to feel safe, and what that looks like to them varies... but that was encouraging to see that there is more common ground than perhaps I realized. "

" A lot of the things I do deal with my race, but my race is who I am. I'm an American kid who grew up listening to predominantly hip-hop. I will talk about hip-hop as the music I grew up listening to, and I think sometimes people like to put it as, 'Oh, well, he's talking about black things.' And, yeah, they are, but that's my American identity. "

" There are certain things that you can blast through a stereo. You can blast hip-hop. You can blast heavy metal. You can't blast 'All Things Considered.' "

" If you have a car, you tune it up; you replace the parts. You try to keep it in good shape. This country has tires that are shot, a bunch of engine problems, and rather than saying, 'Okay, let's maybe put some new parts in here,' we just keep putting gas in and driving forward. "

" Everybody has a stake in the story of policing. "

" I spent a lot of time in Brooklyn as a kid. I was born in New York, and my grandmother lived in Crown Heights, so there's a part of it that I feel this connection to. "

" I feel like I've always thought of myself as a comedian. "

Wyatt Cenac

Myself

Always

" Everyone gets very excited about the idea of space travel, but... it's not going to be everybody that gets to go. "

Wyatt Cenac

Going

Everyone

" I represent my community, and I represent my people. And I've got to be honest if something seems questionable. "

" I went to an all-boys Catholic school in Dallas. "

" Watching something is a personal experience, and I think watching something that is dealing with a heavy subject matter, it's a personal thing. "

" I think hard work is definitely a huge thing, but there is something, if you want to call it luck or whatever - a window of opportunity - that is totally outside of your control, and it's that thing that will sometimes separate a good career from a great career. "

" The thing that I'm known for - at least, depending on what Subreddit you go to - is being a comedian. And so, even when talking about heavy things, I still want to try to use humor to walk us in the door. "

" When I'm on the road, museums end up being a place I go to in different cities that is always interesting. Museums and independent record stores. "

" What's sad is that we can have a reality-television performer for president without incorporating the other aspects of reality television - like voting and voter engagement. "

Wyatt Cenac

Voting

Reality

" I think, a lot of times when you do a comedy show, people will turn out for a name they know. So, they get excited when they see Patton Oswalt is going to be on the show, but they kind of cross their arms until Patton Oswalt shows up. "

" I was arrested when I was 19 for inciting a riot. "

Wyatt Cenac

Riot

Arrested

" I have worked in animation on 'King of the Hill.' I've worked in late-night with 'The Daily Show.' I've worked on single-camera stuff, whether it was a movie or television. I have performed onstage. "

" At 'The Daily Show,' we were satirizing a news program. You put somebody in a suit, you put 'em behind a desk, and they become an authority figure. "

" After I left the 'Daily Show,' I was kind of sitting out for five years. I know what it's like to not be able to have that platform for my voice the way I want it. "

" We all live with contradictions. "

Wyatt Cenac

Live

Contradictions

" When I used to put videos on MySpace, there'd always be someone posting something nasty. To those people, I'd send friend requests, and invariably, they accepted them. "

" Steven Wright can do Steven Wright very well. Not everyone can do Steven Wright's jokes with the same results. "

" I don't do enough movies that I can call it a career. It really is sort of like summer jobs or something like that. It's very much like holiday work as far as, okay, I do it, and I'm there for two weeks and hopefully am working really hard, and then it's done, and I kind of go back to what I was doing before. "

" I wouldn't consider myself a traditional sitcom actor or someone you'd even think would be in a sitcom. "

" It's a very short walk to go from making jokes to getting on a soapbox and going on a diatribe. "

" I think, with any topical show, it's very easy to find yourself caught up in the news cycle, and working at 'The Daily Show,' I definitely found myself in that, where we would be talking about the last 24 hours. "