70 Quotes by Jermaine Fowler

I love comedy, but more than that, I love comedy that has a message and that has some stakes.

I speak from experience, and I speak from the heart, and I speak only what I know and what I understand; and on what I don't know and what I don't understand, I'm a good listener.

I worked check-to-check, worked in dead-end jobs my whole life before I got into stand-up, and even during stand-up, I was working at a retail job and Starbucks, all those places.

I grew up watching shows like 'Martin' and 'Fresh Prince' and 'Moesha,' and I was inspired by all these shows. When I was growing up, there were so many black people in TV. That's just the world I was around.

I've never been the guy to sit back and wait until someone approved something I was passionate about.

I'm pretty much a comic that dwells on what happened to me instead of what's happening to me.

I've been poor most of my life.

I like whatever I'm doing to have depth.

You don't expect to be touched by comedy. But when it happens, it's beautiful.