121 Quotes by J. B. Smoove

I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.

A lot of comedians are selfish.

At the top of this list has to be "get in that ass". It's the ultimate Leonism to get you through life.

I'll drive down the street, and I'll practice improv. I will sit there at a red light and see two guys talking to each other, and I will just start playing both characters. I can't hear them, but I can see their mouths moving, so I'll just put words in their mouths.

To be a true comic, you have to have a signature move. You ever watch wrestling? And your favorite wrestler has the one move that he always does to finish his opponent off, right? Like when he climbs on the rope, and he always jumps off the top rope and finishes off his opponent - that's what a comic has.

When you're babysitting a kid, all you're seeing is a version of them, a small dosage.

I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.

That's what I am; I'm a drip. You still get hydrated, you still get your nutrients, just a little at a damn time.

What happens in improv is you create your own storyline.