I want to have an empire. I like being in front of the camera, performing – but I would like to get to a place where I’m also executive producing and bringing other people along. People of all different walks of life, highlighting their voices. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
I thought I was going to be a serious screenwriter and produce serious films. It was going to be ‘American Beauty’ and very important work. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
I think, at the end of the day, you have to decide what you want. Do you want to be famous? Do you want to be rich? Do you want to have a career? Those are three very different things. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
I was a funny kid growing up, and I did improv in college and went to Pratt Institute, but I did it very informally. It was just me and some of my friends goofing around on campus. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
I never really thought of comedy as a career. My goal was, when I moved to New York, I was going to write serious films. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
As a kid I used to always write these stories… some of them were really cute; some of them were kind of crazy. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
I think anytime you work on something, even if you feel really good about it, you’re never really sure. Once it’s in the public space, it’s out of my hands. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
For me personally, I was just worried that transitioning from a podcast, which is a very intimate sort of experience – people tell me they listen to my podcast while they’re at the gym or on road trips, so you’re in someone’s ear – to being on television – that’s a lot of space to fill. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
I love doing standup, but I love watching it more. Watching people like Michelle Buteau or Baron Vaughn get up and do their thing – that is what comedy can be like. Phoebe Robinson Read Quote
