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" I'm Mr. Grits. One of the non-perishables. "
Craig Robinson
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" I'm a performer. "
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" Coming up with comedy is hard, man. Those bits aren't easy to think of! "
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" 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. "
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" Anything to do with 'The Office' I would revisit. "
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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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Music
Band
" I understand the importance of mentorship for young people, even outside their parents. That's more important now than ever. You gotta have that support system everywhere you can. "
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People
Support
" You know Seth and Evan, they were lead writers for 'Pineapple Express', and they are great at mixing things up. Taking different genres and mish-mashing them up to create something dynamically new. They'll throw comedy at you, but with a dash of horror and fright that is supposed to make you shocked and scared. "
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Great
" Look at the laws: you can't spank a kid without getting in trouble. That kept me in line! "
Craig Robinson
You
Trouble
Me
" I'm just looking at Twitter like, 'Ooooooo.' No, I don't engage, but it's great. There's so many avenues to get your entertainment on; you've got so many people invested in this. I love it. "
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You
Looking
People
" 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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Me
" I worked with Tyler before on 'Daddy's Little Girls'. He couldn't be smarter or more laid back and cool. He's always throwing out lines and is funny as hell. And he was shining his light on 'Peeples', too, lending his name to showcase Tina as a first-time director, and me as a first-time lead. "
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Little Girls
Me
Cool
" There's something about seeing somebody who thinks they're great and is so wrapped up in their moves, voice, and performance that makes it so wonderfully charming that you can't take your eyes off. That's why we all remember William Hung from those first years of 'American Idol. It's the William Hung effect. "
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Great
Voice
American
" It's good to do something different than the subtleties of 'The Office' all the time. "
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Different
Time
Good
" I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, north Beverly. It was cool, everybody's cool on the block. "
Craig Robinson
Chicago
Up
Side
" Nick Swardson used to have birthday paint parties. They were phenomenal. "
Craig Robinson
Used
Birthday
Paint
" 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. "
Craig Robinson
Deep
Me
Work
" I'm starring in the 'New Adventures of Voltron'. I play Voltron. "
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Adventures
Play
New
" 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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You
Energy
Play
" I probably have more words to say in 'Mr. Robot' than I've had in my entire career put together. "
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Say
Robot
Words
" Ever since I can remember, I've always been silly. "
Craig Robinson
Silly
Remember
Always
" 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. "
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People
Band
Hug
" 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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Mom
Friend
Father
" When I start thinking about a role, I read the script a few times and then let it sink in - and then take some time to develop how that character is going to play out and what he's going to do. "
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Thinking
Start
Play
" I got mad love for hot tubs. "
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Love
Mad
Got
" I so respect Sundance. I'd been hearing about it for years. "
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Years
Hearing
Been
" We even did a re-imagining of 'Spider-Man' that James Franco starred in that didn't make it into 'This Is The End'. That didn't make the final cut, but I wouldn't be surprised if it made the DVD. "
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Spider-Man
Even
End
" I've seen some beyond-amazing performers do karaoke who should be on stage somewhere, and I've seen people who you rather didn't enter the bar. That's the beautiful thing about it; it's for everybody. "
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Somewhere
People
Beautiful
" A music teacher. It was in the inner city at a school called Horace Mann. I think I was most effective when the kids pissed me off. "
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Think
Me
School
" Comedy chose me. "
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Chose
Me
Comedy
" I think fans are going to get everything you'd expect from 'The Office', from awkwardness, to a lot of humor and heart. "
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Fans
Humor
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