Anjelah Johnson Quotes

Anjelah Johnson

Profession : Comedian

Birth : May 14, 1982

When I really started just giving them the truth of who I was, that's when my fan base really started to grow.

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People usually want to show me their impression of me, which is always awkward.

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There's a joke that I do where I make fun of myself for being bow-legged, and I compare myself to a camel and how a camel walks and sits, and that has become a joke that people - when I deliver that joke, people are in tears.

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Sometimes you hear about people who can't wait to leave their hometown. I did not have that feeling at all. I love San Jose, I love the Bay Area, and I love coming home to visit.

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I'm a very observational storyteller, and I'm always relational - a lot of stories stem from relationships, whether it's me with my husband, me with my mom or my siblings.

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My goal's always to connect and relate to my audience. I want them to leave my show feeling like they got to know me better - not only that, but like we could be friends. I want people to leave going, 'Oh my gosh, I could totally hang out with her!'

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I like to be the only one who uses my toothbrush.

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One of the first jokes I wrote was this nail salon bit that ended up blowing up on YouTube. That's kind of what propelled me into standup.

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I think people know what they're getting with my name, because they've seen my specials on Netflix.

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I'm not very good with the Twitter.

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I'm Mexican. I eat salsa with everything.

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I was lucky to grow up in a culturally diverse area knowing a lot of different people from all different walks of life.

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There's been roles that I have turned down. There's no rule book or handbook... It's just... whatever I'm comfortable with.

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I'm from San Jose, CA, which is very diverse, and I grew up around a lot of different types of people.

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My sister was always supportive. When I first moved to L.A., she was like 'I know you can do it!' But my parents, in the beginning, not so much. They were kinda like, 'I'll believe it when I see it.' But when I actually started booking things, my dad was like, 'Oh, I knew it all along.'

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Don't try to be anyone else. Don't try to emulate what someone is doing. Play to your strengths.

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You don't want to let people down, and that's so hard because you're never going to please everybody. There's always going to be someone that's a naysayer.

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I never thought I was going to be a comedian.

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When people didn't really know who I was, and I would get on stage, they would be distracted by what I looked like, so I would have to dumb myself down, in a way, for people to feel safe to laugh.

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Few comedians can go to their shows and have people yell out bits that they want to hear. It's like going to see your favorite band and yelling out your favorite songs and to say the words along with them.

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