David Alan Grier

Notable Quotes



America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live.

From David Alan Grier

A friend of mine had his own theater company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great.

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Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out.

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Some days I think I look kind of cute, but other days I try to avoid the mirror.

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Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.

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I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me.

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Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

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I couldn't wait to be, you know, a Black Panther. Of course they wouldn't let me join.

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I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.

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My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call 'Little House on the Prairie' tales, but they were tales of segregated and racist America growing up in Alabama and Mississippi, where she came from.

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