I think, a lot of times when you do a comedy show, people will turn out for a name they know. So, they get excited when they see Patton Oswalt is going to be on the show, but they kind of cross their arms until Patton Oswalt shows up. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
For me, funny is funny, and what’s unfortunate is these comedians aren’t being allowed to operate in rooms for everybody and that everybody can laugh and say, ‘Okay, I find that person funny, and I don’t just have to find them funny because they look like me.’ Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
I kinda feel like if I can do what I like in New York – and I like New York, I was born in New York, I have a lot more of a connection to New York – the hope is to stay in New York. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
If you wanna be the comic relief in a big-budget movie, go to L.A. because there are five auditions in a week that you could hit up, and that increases your chances of getting those jobs. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
For me, in trying to talk about something like policing, it’s such a huge issue, and it’s an issue that’s very local and very personalized to communities, to cities, to legislators, and so, in that way, I think as we started looking into talking about policing, the thing that you realize is that you can’t paint everything with the same brush. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
There’s always a certain concern whenever you go and shoot a field piece: that maybe all the elements won’t come together, knowing that you have limited time to tell a story, hoping that you get all the elements you need, hoping the subjects are comfortable. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
When I was in college, I walked by the journalism school every day on my way to my own classes, and that’s the closest I’ve come to having any sort of journalism background. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
There’s so many shows, whether it’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ or ‘The Daily Show’ or ‘Full Frontal’ or ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers,’ that are really doing great stuff talking about what’s going on in the world and what’s going on with the president, and those stories that everyone winds up talking about, whether on social media or in their jobs. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
