Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele
Jordan Haworth Peeleis an American actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for starring in the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele and for his five seasons as a cast member on MADtv. In 2014, he also had a recurring role in the first season of the FX anthology series Fargo...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth21 February 1979
CountryUnited States of America
Jordan Peele quotes about
role-models nerd black
Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.
men african-american comedian
I've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything.
teenager people laughing
What teenagers are ready to laugh at is the misery of other people.
validation needs boundaries
We need to break boundaries, so every time I feel like, "Oh snap, oh my God, I don't know how this is gonna be received," I also feel this validation, like, "All the greats, all my favorites have felt this."
guy said mets
[ When I met Barack Obama] He says, I do a pretty good me myself - he said something like that. But he's - he is a close talker. He's a touchy guy.
brother father way
[Barack Obama] will touch you on the shoulder and, you know - in that big brother or father figure kind of way. And you really do feel sort of shepherded by him.
thinking leader firsts
I think that is also something he [Barack Obama], in the beginning of his presidency, he couldn't really explore and couldn't show. He had to be almost a one-dimensional, stoic leader during that first election.
african-american legends kind
Everybody knows this legend in kind of African-American lore. There's always somebody in your neighborhood named Orangejello or Lemonjello. And that's spelled - Orangejello is spelled O-R-A-N-G-E-J-E-L-L-O.
kids names slave-owners
Since we were renamed, and now it feels like 80 percent of the African-American population has the name Washington or Jefferson or some president or slave owner's name. And, I almost wonder is this, like, is this part of a way of taking back the principle of naming your - I might be going too far into this - but naming your kids something of your choice?
mom white guy
The world has wanted me to speak differently than I speak. I speak like my mom. I speak like the whitest white dude. I speak like a "Def Comedy Jam" comedian doing an impression of a white guy.
father mets wells
I didn't know my father very well; I only met him a few times.
growing-up differences african-american
I've been very lucky to have a family who has welcomed me and not been hung up on anything racial, almost overlooking the fact that there was a racial difference. But I can honestly say I do feel like I missed out on some lessons of what the African-American experience is like growing up.
emotion good-things raised
I was raised that emotion was a good thing.
winning comedy stressful
It's a no-win situation with politics; it's always going to be stressful. I'm more into the comedy of life.