Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room.
I'm a big PAX person... just because it's accessible. I feel like between the weed and the wax it's kind of like BetaMax and VHS. You can carry it around, people don't really know what it is, no smell.
Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?
I don't think I'm good, I don't think I'm a good rapper. I think a lot of people always want me to battle somebody and stuff like that which is cool, but I don't see myself as a rapper.
I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.
The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool.
Most people think I'm Danny Glover's son when they meet me. So when they ask, I say 'No, I'm Crispin Glover's son.' Then we stare at each other for a long time.
I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.
We put stereotypes on ourselves - like, everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just like, you know, be who they are.
I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.
I don't even think I'm that good at rapping, but I think what makes a great rapper - what CAN make a great rapper - is someone who wants to be better.
I'm probably going to get in trouble for this but 'American Dad' is one of my favourite shows. It gets very dark in places but the jokes are there.
I like horror films and romance films. Films where you're going in being like, 'I'm coming here to be scared or to fall in love.' You have a goal.
I hope people come to the shows because they feel like there's something there that I can't necessarily articulate, but it's real and it's fun.
I feel like guys don't think it's cool to use emojis. I'm like, that's so whack. Emojis help so much. They really do give context to something.
We lay out our lives in a narrative we understand, like a movie, but are you enjoying making it or are you wondering who's watching my movie.
Rapper, just puts so much connotation on who you are and what is exposed. Even if a lot of it is out-dated, people still bring a lot to it.
Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.
You have to be real with yourself. No one is doing that. People are too concerned with making everything look nice and calm and pretty.
You used to have to beg and be the busboy to do standup. I got on Community because people saw my videos on YouTube, which were free.
We're afraid to move on, that's why there's so much nostalgia on the internet... 'cause we don't wanna look forward, that's scary.
But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into.
You know who was on time tonight, which surprised me? Ghostface. Ghostface was early and making calls - what rapper does that?
I hate it when you really think you're getting something good... and you don't listen to your dudes when you really should.
The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.
Revenge is for the weak so I have settled my vendettas with all of the kids who made my early life a living hell.
To all my fans who's saying Donald Glover about to blow, just give me six months so you can say I told you so.
I think the best music videos are the ones that have nothing to do with the song. Those are all my favorites.
They say my public persona don't have enough appeal, I take a lesson from Kanye and give 'em something real.
I'm trying hard not to use a specific reference, but you'll probably know it's you after the first sentence.
