38 Quotes by David Alan Grier

A friend of mine had his own theatre 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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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