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Jermaine Fowler
American
Actor
Born:
May 16
,
1988
Black
Comedy
Just
Me
People
You
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I do everything with a purpose, and I don't really pay attention to the negativity.
Jermaine Fowler
Pay
Pay Attention
Negativity
Everything
Purpose
Attention
Really
Broadcast TV has a very classy but old-fashioned way of doing television. That's what it's always going to be. But you've still got to introduce young talent and ideas and shows to the masses. That's the way you build a bigger and younger audience, introducing younger writers, comics, TV shows to viewers.
Jermaine Fowler
You
Build
Young
Broadcast
Way
Television
TV
Introduce
Introducing
TV Shows
Classy
Writers
Talent
Ideas
Masses
Audience
Always
Got
Still
Comics
Doing
Very
Going
Bigger
Young Talent
Younger
Viewers
Old-Fashioned
Old-Fashioned Way
Shows
I grew up watching people and companies commercialize Black History Month. I watched old McDonald's commercials, and they'd blacken up the commercials for 28 days then go back to normal in March. It got annoying to me.
Jermaine Fowler
Me
History
People
Old
Black
Back
Month
Black History
Days
Annoying
Got
Go
Normal
Up
Commercials
Grew
McDonald
Then
Companies
March
Watched
Watching
Society, they look down on teenage moms and dads, but I think those people are just jealous because they'll never know what it's like to be raised by someone who's still being raised.
Jermaine Fowler
Jealous
People
Down
Think
Society
Teenage
Those
Someone
Never
Like
Know
Look
Because
Still
Just
Being
Moms
Dads
Raised
We can all agree that the best part of 'Black Panther' was his female army, the Dora Milaje. They made the movie.
Jermaine Fowler
Best
Army
Black
Made
Panther
Best Part
Part
Female
His
Movie
Agree
When you chase a dream, and no one understand or has your back except seven friends from high school and your grandma, it's not going to be easy.
Jermaine Fowler
You
School
Back
Seven
High
Dream
Easy
High School
Chase
Except
No-One
Understand
Friends
Going
Grandma
Your
I wanted people to know that my grandmother was the reason why I did comedy in the first place. She pushed me to really get out there and pursue my dreams.
Jermaine Fowler
Dreams
Me
People
Comedy
First
Out
Pursue
Pushed
Know
She
First Place
Get
Did
Wanted
Place
Grandmother
Really
Reason
Why
I'm a '90s kid. I can't wait until the day when more people start appreciating the '90s.
Jermaine Fowler
Day
People
Wait
Appreciating
Kid
More
More People
Until
Start
Comedians play off of social commentary.
Jermaine Fowler
Comedians
Off
Commentary
Social
Play
I'm a comic; we get hecklers every night! It's really just part of the job.
Jermaine Fowler
Job
Every
Part
Comic
Get
Just
Really
Every Night
Night
I don't do anything for press.
Jermaine Fowler
Press
Anything
Flying is just such a hassle. If I had a million dollars, I would teleport.
Jermaine Fowler
Flying
Hassle
Would
Had
Dollars
Just
Million
Million Dollars
I could never lie to someone to benefit myself, so telemarketing was something I was terrible at!
Jermaine Fowler
Myself
Lie
Benefit
Someone
Something
Could
Never
Terrible
'V for Vendetta' is an amazing movie, and it had an obvious message, but it was done so perfectly. I got out of the movie, and I wanted to march so hard. I wanted to be an activist.
Jermaine Fowler
Amazing
Out
Had
Perfectly
Vendetta
Message
Obvious
Got
Done
Movie
Wanted
Hard
Activist
March
You can't teach standup comedy. You can teach someone how to formulate a joke, but making it funny is different.
Jermaine Fowler
Funny
You
Comedy
Joke
Someone
How
Making
Different
Formulate
Teach
Standup
The millennial generation is very vocal.
Jermaine Fowler
Generation
Vocal
Very
My parents argued a lot. It was pretty tumultuous at times.
Jermaine Fowler
Parents
Pretty
Argued
Lot
Times
Tumultuous
Humor was how I got through everything in my life. I used to find a funny way to get out of situations. That's who I was. That's who I am!
Jermaine Fowler
Life
Funny
Humor
My Life
Funny Way
Everything
Way
Out
Find
Through
Got
How
Am
Get
Situations
Used
Who
I got into standup because I wanted to be an actor, and then I ended up loving standup for the next eleven years.
Jermaine Fowler
Because
Got
Years
Up
Ended
Wanted
Loving
Then
Next
Standup
Actor
Eleven
My dad kicked me out of the house when I was 18. I was supposed to go to community college. I wasn't really into going because I wanted to do stand-up, and he felt I was wasting my time.
Jermaine Fowler
Time
Me
College
Community
Kicked
Out
My Time
He
Supposed
House
Because
Felt
Go
Going
Wanted
Really
Community College
Dad
Wasting
I grew up around a mix of a lot of people, so I got a lot of different perspectives. As a kid, I appreciated that.
Jermaine Fowler
People
Kid
Around
Got
Mix
Lot
Up
Different
Grew
Perspectives
Different Perspectives
Appreciated
Humor and comedy have always been the best way to deal with real life issues and just reality.
Jermaine Fowler
Life
Best
Reality
Comedy
Humor
Real Life
Way
Best Way
Deal
Always
Real
Issues
Been
Just
I love comedy, but more than that, I love comedy that has a message and that has some stakes.
Jermaine Fowler
Love
Comedy
Some
More
Message
Than
Stakes
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.
Jermaine Fowler
Life
Job
Before
Those
Jobs
Retail
Got
Places
Worked
Working
Whole
Even
Starbucks
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.
Jermaine Fowler
People
World
Black
TV
Martin
Inspired
Like
Prince
Around
Fresh
Were
Up
Just
Grew
Many
Shows
Growing
Growing Up
Watching
I'm pretty much a comic that dwells on what happened to me instead of what's happening to me.
Jermaine Fowler
Me
Pretty
Instead
Comic
Dwells
Happened
Happening
Much
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