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
I could never live with you; not 'cause I'm racist or nothing. It's just 'cause as a black man in America, I need to have someone I can come home and complain about white people to. And that just don't work with my white wife.
I just always found it easier to be the same guy onstage as you are offstage.
I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
I have to satisfy my audience.
You're trying to make someone wet their pants and you're trying to make somebody crap in their pants. That's the motivation of a comic. Who else has that power?
In my stand-up, I've always been loose. If there's a curtain onstage, I'll use that in my act. If there's a door, I'll use the door. I always like to use everything at my disposal, which makes each show a little different and a little more fun.
It's an ongoing joke that a black man is always the first one to get killed in movies.
Some of the best dramatic actors have started in comedy.
For me, standup will always be some part of my life, and other things will move around and find their place.
Women put guys through tests all the time.
Believe it or not, I write on stage. I can't write anywhere else; I have to be in a moment. I also have to challenge myself to make something funny out of a premise. I never have my own jokes written. I have to change things as I go along, and I have to entertain myself.
Damn! This flight attendant treating us like we won these first class tickets in a contest.
I'm putting on a suit and tie when I go see The Great Gatsby.
There're rules to being the side chick. Rule number one: you're number two.