Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Keyis an American actor, writer, and comedian. He starred in the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele and co-stars in the USA Network comedy series Playing House. He spent six seasons as a cast member on MADtv and has made several guest appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway?. In 2014, he also starred in the first season of the FX series Fargo and the final season of the NBC series Parks and Recreation. He has had supporting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth22 March 1971
CitySouthfield, MI
CountryUnited States of America
You can not have comedy unless people are behaving badly. You can't have it.
You hold precious what you create for yourself in your life that makes you comfortable.
A poet can feel free, in my estimation, to write a poem for himself. Or a painter can paint a painting for himself. You can write a short story for yourself. But for me, comedy by its nature is communal. If other people don't get it, I'm not sure why you are doing it.
I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.
If you look at any successful skit comedy show, ever, there is that format of introducing you to the player in the beginning, and then going on to see those sketches.
I'm racist against non-black people.
I get overwhelmed when I approach things intellectually.
I'm adopted, so I didn't know my father, but apparently he was pretty tall.
For me, as a child, I certainly thought that there were more black people in the world than white people.
My adoptive mother tirelessly worked most of her life to build up my self-esteem. So what happened was finding her started to shed light and destroy my mythos. So for the first year of knowing [biological mother], my mom kind of actually literally visited me in Detroit and kind of gave me a tour of my life - where I was conceived, where I was born, where she found out she was pregnant. It was amazing and very emotional.
Everybody puts on airs, regardless of race.
It was very important thousands of years ago to categorize things. I can eat that plant, I can't eat that plant. Or this tribe, not that tribe. We don't have to do that anymore - we have processed food now!
There Is Nothing More Dangerous On Planet Earth Than A Black Wife
Being a melting pot is what I think is great about being American, and also that we get to do something that other people don't get to do, we get to be a hyphenate. That's a good thing.