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Jerrod Carmichael

Broadcast television is designed to reach as many people as possible, right? There’s an obligation that we as creators have to advertisers, and it is an advertising medium.

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

On a pure entertainment level, if I’m going to choose to listen to a presidential candidate speak on a Saturday night, it’s going to be Donald Trump over Bernie Sanders by a landslide!

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

Comedians could do mindless things – and by mindless, I mean the easy jokes and things that you already agree with – but I find it more interesting, more of a reward, for people to feel something. I like to make a human connection, and that involves speaking emotionally, a bit more intellectually, or with a bit more moral complexity.

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

I want everything to be an honest extension of me. What better way than me talking? It’s a direct connection with everyone. With film and television, you make great projects, but stand-up is the thing that is completely yours.

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

I just like to explore honest thoughts or feelings. How I’m feeling at the time. I want to explore it and talk about it and have a conversation with the audience. I want to throw something out there, see how they feel about it, and tell them how I feel about it. I know that’s really relaxed, but that’s the most fun.

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

I don’t think all comedy should be mindless. Have something that’s thoughtful. Maybe some things are tongue-in-cheek; maybe some things are very direct. I like that people have to think about things. That excites me. Because if you say certain things, it starts a dialogue. Even if you disagree, it’s still a dialogue.

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

I never really set out to be a comedian, but as a kid, I loved doing sketches and playing characters. And then a great friend kept telling me I should be a comedian, so I followed her advice and gave it a shot.

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

The biggest thing that I get most excited about is, my family and I would watch television together, and we weren’t just passive viewers. Something would happen, and then we would talk about it. When Will Smith was shot on ‘Fresh Prince,’ that sparked a conversation about safety.

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

As a standup performer, I’m onstage, and it’s important how the audience is looking at me. I’m looking at whether they’re leaning forward or not, those types of things. You read an energy. And it’s the same thing in a scene with other actors.

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

When you’re onstage in theater, if you mess up a line, there’s no ‘Cut! We’ll get it again.’ It’s full steam ahead.

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

L.A.’s pretty great, man. But I’ll be very honest – I prefer New York. It’s more my speed.

– Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

I have this theory that I hold on to, the theory that everything great in art and in life in general is jazz. It’s just like all these things that just kind of seem to fall into place. You know, like mistakes that somehow turn into something beautiful.

– Jerrod Carmichael

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