David Alan Grier Quotes

I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year.

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

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.

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

I, myself, identify myself as a heathen.

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

My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.

I had done the sitcom thing to lesser and lesser degrees of success.

As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.

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

I have a talent for missing the best and greatest parties.

The president is always made fun of.

My father was a doctor.

I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough.

I decided sitcoms weren't for me.

When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.

I wanted something where I could have the clearest and most unfiltered artistic and creative voice.

Sarah Palin is to women what John Wayne Gacy was to birthday clowns.

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

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

I’ve tried actively to define myself and redefine myself, and not be pigeonholed.

Dancing With the Stars' is so Middle America, and people take it so seriously.

I think Chelsea Handler is the funniest woman.

To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.