I sat down with CBS, and we talked about me developing a show for them. At the time, I was meeting with a lot of networks. And I told them, ‘I don’t want to be acting on your show as the token black guy. I want to do something that will change a network and will change the way people view African-Americans on TV.’ Jermaine Fowler Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’ve never been the guy to sit back and wait until someone approved something I was passionate about. Jermaine Fowler Read Quote
You don’t expect to be touched by comedy. But when it happens, it’s beautiful. Jermaine Fowler Read Quote
I’d been writing sketches since high school, but ‘Friends of the People’ really taught me about structure – how to wait out a joke, how to stick with it for a while. It also made me more confident onstage as a performer. Jermaine Fowler Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I did my first set at a talent show, and I couldn’t finish because the judges didn’t like my jokes. They were ‘offensive.’ Jermaine Fowler Read Quote
I see myself touring internationally – everywhere, every theater, every arena – and putting out stand-up comedy specials until I can’t even stand no more. Even then, I’ll probably do my comedy special in a hospital bed. Jermaine Fowler Read Quote
I was always causing trouble in school. Doing impressions of Bart Simpson, interrupting class – I liked the attention and entertaining people. Jermaine Fowler Read Quote
