J. B. Smoove
J. B. Smoove
Jerry Angelo Brooks, better known as J. B. Smoove, is an American actor, writer, comedian, and voice actor. He began his career on Def Comedy Jam in the early 1990s. He is best known for his recurring role as Leon on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. Smoove joined the Season 2 cast of the Fox sitcom 'Til Death in 2008, and was promoted to the main cast for Season 3. He also starred on the CBS sitcom The Millers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth16 December 1966
CountryUnited States of America
Kids love me. I can bounce back and forth. I can discipline kids, and I can get into the mind of a kid. In my brain, I consider myself the ultimate video game player. The ultimate snack maker.
When I first started doing comedy years ago, I used to be the biggest Michael Richards fan. I used to love this dude. He was on a TV show called 'Fridays,' and man, he was tall and lanky - and I was tall and lanky. I love physical comedy, and he was a physical comedian, and I said, 'Man, I love this guy.'
When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.
Remember Tupperware? That was the toughest stuff ever. Why can't they make a phone out of Tupperware?
You want your lady to be a contortionist. What man wouldn't want a lady who's a contortionist?
You turn hotdogs with tongs. Don't you ever use those tongs on a hamburger.
You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
You got to start by doing little things if your quest is to take over the world.
All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
A lot of comedians are selfish.
To be a true comic, you have to have a signature move. You ever watch wrestling? And your favorite wrestler has the one move that he always does to finish his opponent off, right? Like when he climbs on the rope, and he always jumps off the top rope and finishes off his opponent - that's what a comic has.
When you're babysitting a kid, all you're seeing is a version of them, a small dosage.
That's what I am; I'm a drip. You still get hydrated, you still get your nutrients, just a little at a damn time.
Pursuing your dreams involves you accepting where you want to go. Don't allow anybody else to talk you out of things or discourage you from doing whatever you want to do. You can hold on to your dream and never pursue it or you can start pursuing it. If you can see it, or if you can envision it... it can happen.