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" Who knows if I would get to do 'Mr. Robot' if I was on 'Mr. Robinson?' "
Craig Robinson
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" 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. "
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" 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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" I'm a Scorpio. I have different mood swings. "
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" I was approached by my agent, who said they were interested in me for 'Mr. Robot'. Then I binge-watched the show, and I was like, 'Uh, I would like this. Show me how I'm gonna fit in there, but yeah, I would love it.' "
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" Jason Behr and Amanda Brooks were cool to work with. Jason and I are fast friends to this day. "
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" Nick Swardson used to have birthday paint parties. They were phenomenal. "
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" I grew up in church, so every time I say certain words, I'm like, 'I'm going to get in trouble.' "
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" 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. "
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" That's the most gratifying thing in the world, helping each other. "
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" Comedy chose me. "
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" Nothing is guaranteed. "
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" I think Carrot Top is hilarious. "
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" 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. "
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" I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, north Beverly. It was cool, everybody's cool on the block. "
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" 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. "
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Me
" I'm a performer. "
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" I have a phrase I say: 'What the damn?' It's my favorite. It just came to me one day. "
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" As a comic and as an actor, I think you've got to be partially crazy. "
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" Coming up with comedy is hard, man. Those bits aren't easy to think of! "
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" It's always nice to do a family movie, because I do a lot of R-rated stuff. "
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" 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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" In acting, you get to that place where it's serene, where you just feel it. I'm glad to be doing the drama because you can kind of take your time more and let a moment live more. "
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" I hear a lot of girls say, 'I can be myself around you,' and I'm always thinking, 'Who are you when you're with somebody else?' "
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" 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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" My first time in Germany. We started off in Heidelberg, which is this quaint, nice town. The Germans, they shoot just like the Americans, except for, if it's a 10-hour day, they're leaving at 5. You don't go to 5:30, 6, 7. No. And then we had a fest for everything. "
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" 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. "
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" I've had some good moments at karaoke. Back in the day, oh my gosh... before, I was more in the public eye. Nowadays, I don't do it as much because if you do, it's going to be on the Internet. "
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" Look at the laws: you can't spank a kid without getting in trouble. That kept me in line! "
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" I love the deadpan. It's such a strong go-to. It lets the audience make their own decisions about what you're thinking. "
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