I’ve eaten part of my tooth. I had a weird cavity that broke apart in my teeth – this is a bad story. I was eating and thought, ‘It’s like I’m swallowing rocks,’ and then I checked and part of my tooth is missing. I ate it. Sam Richardson Read Quote
I’ve never done stand-up in my life. I don’t know if that’s entirely interesting, but I came up in improv. Sam Richardson Read Quote
The movie I’ve seen the most is ‘Ghostbusters’ or ‘Ghostbusters II.’ I used to watch those movies nonstop. Sam Richardson Read Quote
What I find funny are peoples’ blind spots. That’s the funniest thing about anybody – when they just don’t realize who they are. What’s funny about seeing a hippo do ballet is it thinks it’s a swan. Sam Richardson Read Quote
My mom is from Ghana, and my dad is from Detroit, so I would go back and forth to Africa a lot. Sam Richardson Read Quote
I grew up between Detroit and Ghana, and I had to make friends in an instant. It sharpened my wit, and also, just for my own sanity’s sake, I felt like I wanted to entertain myself. So I’m going through all these experiences, and I ask myself, ‘Is this crazy? Is it? Wait, what’s so funny about this?’ Sam Richardson Read Quote
I left Detroit in 2007, worked on a cruise ship for a year, moved to Chicago in ’08, then moved to L.A. in February 2012. Sam Richardson Read Quote
When you grow up with siblings, you can be like, ‘Isn’t this weird? Isn’t this funny? Do we agree on this, or do we disagree?’ You have some point of reference, some touchstone. When you grow up an only child, everything is internalized. Sam Richardson Read Quote
I’m really the only artist in my family. I have one cousin who is a painter. I think I developed all of that from television and books – from being, essentially, an only child. I’m my mom’s only child and my dad’s fourth child, but separated by 14 years. Sam Richardson Read Quote
