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" My goal's always to connect and relate to my audience. I want them to leave my show feeling like they got to know me better - not only that, but like we could be friends. I want people to leave going, 'Oh my gosh, I could totally hang out with her!' "

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" I'm a very observational storyteller, and I'm always relational - a lot of stories stem from relationships, whether it's me with my husband, me with my mom or my siblings. "

Anjelah Johnson

Mom

Always

Husband

" It's always nerve-wracking when people say they look up to you or that you're a good role model. It's such a double-edged sword, because you realize you've been put on this pedestal, and you have to make sure that you don't do anything to get torn down. "

" I do a joke in my stand-up where I say I'm a Christian, but I'm not a Christian comedian. I think that's definitely how I see my acting. I'm an actor who happens to be a Christian. "

" I love sharing my life with people. "

" I went to L.A. to become an actress, and I started from the ground up. I worked as an extra, and then I started taking this joke-writing class because it was free. I didn't want to be a comedian, but I was like, 'Free education? Yeah, I'll take a class.' "

" I never thought I was going to be a comedian. "

" People want to call me racist for doing the Bon Qui Qui character, and I'm like, 'Look, Bon Qui Qui is a representation of a hood chick. That's it.' There are lots of hood chicks out there: some are black, some are Mexican, some are Salvadorian, and some are white. "

" I live my life not to please my pastor or my church or fellow Christians. I live my life according to my own convictions and morals and core values and principles, and a lot of times, that's not going to add up to other Christians. "

" A majority of Bon Qui Qui is my little brother, who is ghetto fabulous. He has no filter whatsoever. He just says what's on his mind. "

" My stand-up is clean; it's not too edgy. I've played it safe since the beginning. "

" I think people know what they're getting with my name, because they've seen my specials on Netflix. "

" When people didn't really know who I was, and I would get on stage, they would be distracted by what I looked like, so I would have to dumb myself down, in a way, for people to feel safe to laugh. "

" I'm from San Jose, CA, which is very diverse, and I grew up around a lot of different types of people. "

" There's been roles that I have turned down. There's no rule book or handbook... It's just... whatever I'm comfortable with. "

" People usually want to show me their impression of me, which is always awkward. "

Anjelah Johnson

Always

Awkward

" People pay their hard-earned money to come and watch me perform live. That's a blessing. "

Anjelah Johnson

Live

Blessing

" I've realized that I can never not do the nail salon joke, and I will have to talk about Bon Qui Qui for eternity. "

" I've been doing the Vietnamese nail lady impressions since my mom first took me to get my nails done when I was 12. "

" Don't try to be anyone else. Don't try to emulate what someone is doing. Play to your strengths. "

" Don't try to be anybody else, because that's what I do. I do me. I'm not trying to impress anybody. I'm not trying to please my pastor at church. I'm not trying to even please my mom, to be honest. "

Anjelah Johnson

Trying

Church

" You don't want to let people down, and that's so hard because you're never going to please everybody. There's always going to be someone that's a naysayer. "

" I like to tell stories and relate to people and get everybody having a good time. I don't ever want to be in a situation people feel the need to tell me their opinion. So I stay away from any kind of material that would cause somebody in the audience to shout me their opinion. "

" One of the first jokes I wrote was this nail salon bit that ended up blowing up on YouTube. That's kind of what propelled me into standup. "

Anjelah Johnson

First

Jokes

" There's a joke that I do where I make fun of myself for being bow-legged, and I compare myself to a camel and how a camel walks and sits, and that has become a joke that people - when I deliver that joke, people are in tears. "