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" I wasn't a kid trying to become famous. I wasn't a part of any Disney Channel wheelhouse. I was basically a black kid whose parents put him into the business so he could go to college. "

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" I really chose a path after 'Grown Ups' of doing different things that I hadn't tried before, and just trying to take on those challenges. "

Jaleel White

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" Sometimes our awards process can be very political in terms of just driving personal agendas, and I think we forget. "

" We live in an age of sound bites and buzz words. "

" I learned to be on time because, otherwise, you could miss a major opportunity. Also, it's important to live a balanced life, stay healthy, and not waste your money on things like $8 lattes. "

" I always connected renting a car with being an adult. If you think about it, it's the last frontier of your youth. You can join the military at 18, drink when you're 21, but you can't rent a car. "

" I took opportunities, big or small, to show that I was a constant professional. I feel like the Sam Jackson of network TV drama. "

" You need fans in high places, I always tell people. I don't care how talented you are. "

" As you get older, you start to understand you have to do what you need to do. "

" For directors and producers, you're not going to get competent performers on your set if they didn't start at a young age and understand professionalism. "

" There's a bit of hazing when it comes to the youth performers and a disbelief that you're capable of handling dramatic or comedic material on an adult level. "

" I like women who talk smack. "

Jaleel White

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" The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career. "

" Writing is still on my slate. "

" The nature of television is that it's a beast with a lot of opinions. I don't consider myself typecast any more than Neil Patrick Harris was as Doogie Howser or James Gandolifini is as Tony Soprano. "

" I will get in my car and get a chocolate souffle at midnight, and a glass of wine, and remind myself that most of my troubles are just in my mind. "

" I learned physical comedy to a degree that most child actors never will. I really just became a student of it - became obsessed with it, to be quite honest. "

" You have to be respectful of pop culture, because people interpret it in the way they want. "

" I'm not one of those kind of people that likes to beat up the past to validate the present. Certain people think that it's cool to make fun of MC Hammer. I'm like, 'Yeah, but you owned all of his records.' "

" If you go to talk to Disney about anything related to Mickey Mouse, if you can even get the meeting, you're going to get 50 people in that room. That is the crown jewel of their brand, and so they protect it. And so for better or worse, the crown jewel of my legacy still remains Steve Urkel and Stefan Urquelle. "

" Oh, the first dish I learned to make, I think I was about 10 years old, I made my dad spaghetti and broccoli for dinner when he got home from work, and it was, like, a surprise. "

" I love Italian food. "

" Nobody is going to be more disinterested in your work than your own kid. "

" I was fortunate to work with some very powerful producers like Tom Miller and Bob Boyett. "

Jaleel White

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" I've been in this business 31 years. I've never had a movie deal. "