Top 27 Quotes & Sayings by Damon Wayans

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American comedian Damon Wayans.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Damon Kyle Wayans is an American actor, comedian, producer, writer and member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a year long stint on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.

American - Comedian | Born: September 4, 1960

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You've got to want it. I can give you a role. I can't give you a career.

Damon Wayans

Sitcom is the best gig in show business because it's easy hours, nine to five.

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Nobody can stop you but you. And shame on you if you're the one who stops yourself.

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And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.

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Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.

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I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.

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You have to look yourself in the eye and ask, 'Who are you?' It can't be all about work.

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Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk.

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My greatest production is my children. Then, to see my grandbabies is the gravy.

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We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories.

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This town was built on nepotism.

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Three high schools. I was funny. I thought I was being funny. I just had an opinion about everything that was said in school, so that got me thrown out.

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I tried to walk away from standup, but it's been my therapy - my way of expressing anger, disappointments, and fears and celebrating my hopes. It helps to regulate my thought process.

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My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up.

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All the family gatherings, I'm too tired, or I can't because it conflicts with work... I have seven grandkids. I've been missing recitals and graduations. To me, it's just not worth it. There is a better way to live life.

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But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did.

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I never thought about being famous.

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My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand.

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The beautiful thing about having family that has diabetes is knowing what not to do. I got an uncle that thinks insulin is supposed to enable him to eat cake.

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The show has become my therapy.

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Junior is such a great guy. He's the new and improved model. It's a beautiful thing. That's what you train your children to do. He's an inspiration to his brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews who say it's too hard living up to the family name.

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Having nine brothers and sisters, you have to stand out. In order to get on the stage with me and Shawn and Marlon and Keenan and Kim, you have to be funny. We're not going to let you in the conversation.

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The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about.

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My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone.

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It's hard for me to play this loving, supportive father/husband/ friend on TV but be the guy in life that is telling everyone, 'I can't. I have to work.'

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You know what Bill Cosby did wrong? He started criticizing young black men.

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And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.

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