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Daveed Diggs
Daveed Diggs
American Actor
Born: Jan 24, 1982
About Me People Think Time You
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I was really aware, even while it was happening, that the discovery of arts education in my life sort of saved my life. Daveed Diggs
Life Education My Life Saved Sort Discovery Arts Arts Education Happening While Really Even Aware
Oftentimes, it feels like we spend so much of our life waiting to make art, waiting for somebody to let us do something. You don't really have to do that. You can make it all the time. And 99 percent of the time, it's not going to be a big deal on a global scale. But 100 percent of the time, it's going to make you feel amazing. Daveed Diggs
Life Art Time You Waiting Amazing Somebody Big Our Spend Scale Percent Something Feel Feels Like Global Make Deal Big Deal Going Oftentimes Us Much Really Let Us
That's the great thing about being a teenager. You think you're a genius. Daveed Diggs
Great You Genius Think Teenager About Great Thing Being Being A Teenager Thing
As a kid, you don't have a ton of spaces where you are honored, where what you think is honored and what you say is revered. Daveed Diggs
You Think Honored Say Kid Revered Where Spaces Ton
I was so stressed, man. When I was 17, I was so worried about what the hell was going to happen. Daveed Diggs
Man Hell Worried About Going Happen Stressed
If you do enough rap shows, you get a pretty good sense of an audience. You start to develop this sense of what a feeling of a room or a group is. Daveed Diggs
Good You Feeling Sense Group Enough Rap Pretty Pretty Good Good Sense Develop Audience Get Room Shows Start
I feel like, anytime I'm onstage, I tend to feel very connected with people in the audience or with the sort of heartbeat or tempo of the audience. Daveed Diggs
People Tempo Tend Onstage Feel Like Sort Audience Very Heartbeat Anytime Connected
I think this idea of a big break is a lie. Daveed Diggs
Lie Big Think Idea Big Break Break
Being multiracial has allowed me to feel comfortable walking in all different circles. Daveed Diggs
Me Circles Allowed Feel Comfortable Walking Being Different
To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain. Daveed Diggs
Sense Musical Broadway Rapping Make Brain Any Just Sentence
The fact that I got to do the 'Hamilton' BET Cypher is a totally crazy thing because I've watched the BET Cyphers since it started. I've seen every one. I study them. Because I'm a rapper. It's what you do. Daveed Diggs
Crazy You Rapper Seen Every Bet Totally Fact Study Since Because Got Hamilton Them Thing Watched Started
At some point, I'll do more McDonald's commercials if I have to. Daveed Diggs
Some More Point Commercials McDonald
I have this thing. I can rap really fast. I can rap really, really fast. It's a thing I'm good at and I've trained myself to do; it's a thing I do in the Bay Area. Daveed Diggs
Myself Good Rap Bay Bay Area Area Trained Really Fast Thing
I didn't aspire to be on Broadway. Daveed Diggs
Broadway Aspire
The reason you write something that is exciting and visceral is to force people to hear what you have to say, especially if you're in any kind of marginalized community where people don't want to listen. You have to come up with tricks to make them listen. Daveed Diggs
You People Community Visceral Say Kind Tricks Something Write Exciting Come Force Make Hear Up Any Listen Where Want Them Reason Marginalized
I think it's important that your work is in conversation with artists in your community. Daveed Diggs
Work Conversation Important Community Think Artists Your
Neither of my parents live in Oakland anymore. They both got priced out. Daveed Diggs
Parents Live Oakland Out Neither Both Got Anymore
I make the energy to go out. You can't let the Broadway schedule run you. Daveed Diggs
You Energy Broadway Out Run Schedule Make Go
As a kid, I was very shy. Daveed Diggs
Kid Very Shy
I liked being on stage because it gave me a reason to be around people. The other great thing about acting is it allows you to imagine circumstances different from your own. I was a poor Bay Area kid getting to pretend to be a Russian aristocrat. Daveed Diggs
Great Me You People Own Stage Other Gave Kid Circumstances Bay Bay Area Pretend About Russian Area Aristocrat Liked Great Thing Because Around Getting Being Different Poor Acting Your Reason Thing Imagine
I went to Hebrew school but opted out of a bar mitzvah. Daveed Diggs
School Out Mitzvah Hebrew Bar Bar Mitzvah
Often, the people I'm working with on music are separate from the rest of my life. Daveed Diggs
Life Music People Rest My Life Often Separate Working
I'm from the Bay Area, so I know a lot about granola. Daveed Diggs
Bay Bay Area About Area Know Lot
There's a lot of spaces that care about what kids are buying. There are a lot of spaces that care about what kids are watching. But there aren't a lot of spaces that care about what kids are saying. Daveed Diggs
Saying Care Kids About Lot Spaces Watching Buying
Being on stage, I know my function. I just do the thing. Daveed Diggs
Stage Know Just Being Function Thing
I love that 'Black-ish' is a pretty traditional sitcom, structurally. It functions like the sitcoms from the '80s and '90s that I grew up with. Daveed Diggs
Love Pretty Like Traditional Up Sitcom Sitcoms Grew Functions
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