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" 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. "

Craig Robinson

Mom

Friend

Father

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Need

Funny

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" 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'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. "

" 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 can bring a crowd down. There should be a contest for that. "

" I so respect Sundance. I'd been hearing about it for years. "

" 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 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

" That's the most gratifying thing in the world, helping each other. "

" Ever since I can remember, I've always been silly. "

" I was in my early twenties. I was 22-ish. I graduated from college and went right into teaching. The first year, I taught in Indiana at a couple schools, and then I moved over to Chicago. "

" It's funny to see how people react to the project, to read their thoughts, and I wonder aloud, 'Did they even watch the movie? Did they even get it?' I know we, myself and the entire cast, put a lot of heart, love and humor into 'Meet the Peeples'. I'm very proud of that film and what we were able to accomplish. "

" Nick Swardson used to have birthday paint parties. They were phenomenal. "

" 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. "

Craig Robinson

Brain

Ready

" 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

Work

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I probably have more words to say in 'Mr. Robot' than I've had in my entire career put together. "

" 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. "

Craig Robinson

Little Girls

Cool

" 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. "

Craig Robinson

Want

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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" I think I, and the audience, would enjoy a kissing scene with me and Rihanna. That would've been cool for me to see, rehearse, practice, and all that. Me and Rihanna. "

" Nothing is guaranteed. "

Craig Robinson

Nothing

Guaranteed

" 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. "

Craig Robinson

Think

School

" Always wanted to go to Germany... probably one of my top ten. "

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Wanted

Germany

" Comedy prepared me for drama. There are a couple techniques you can think of. One of my acting teachers said that comedy is like ping-pong, and drama is tennis. You take things a bit slower, so you do get to breathe more and take some more time. "