84 Quotes by Daveed Diggs

Being an emcee onstage is mostly about crowd control, about monitoring energy levels.

College was the first time I felt I really had to choose who my friends were.

TV is really about keeping things fresh and making sure you have the most energy possible for these very short spurts of time.

Acting is about finding truth and finding the way to convey the truth.

Being on stage, I know my function. I just do the thing.

I love that 'Black-ish' is a pretty traditional sitcom, structurally. It functions like the sitcoms from the '80s and '90s that I grew up with.

I have a recognizable silhouette.

Some people get a Broadway show, and that's their end game, and they want to sit there for as long as possible. And some people have other things they want to do with their life.

Oftentimes, it feels like we spend so much of our life waiting to make art, waiting for somebody to let us do something. You don't really have to do that. You can make it all the time. And 99 percent of the time, it's not going to be a big deal on a global scale. But 100 percent of the time, it's going to make you feel amazing.