Craig Robinson Quotes

Craig Robinson

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 25, 1971

My mother is a retired music teacher. She taught me in high school, and she would take us and put us in these madrigal groups. We would go to a museum or whatever and just perform.

Craig Robinson

Nick Swardson used to have birthday paint parties. They were phenomenal.

Craig Robinson

That's the most gratifying thing in the world, helping each other.

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People do ask me for advice for some reason. And I'll just kind of pose it back to them and let them answer on their own. I never like to give my advice 'cause I don't want them to come back and 'You were wrong! You ruined my life!' so it's more about 'Hey, this is what you just told me. What does that sound like to you?'

Craig Robinson

It's a farmers market. You can get whatever - peaches, a sandwich. There might be a little band there. I'd sit in with the band. Yeah, that's what I would do. Sit in with the band at the farmers market. Sing a couple of songs, eat a peach, and hug people.

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I think Carrot Top is hilarious.

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The end of 2016, Mariah Carey got on stage, and it was mean. The technical difficulties that she came across, now everybody think that she was lost.

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Banging on the piano while my grandmother was watching me. I'd run up to her and ask: 'How was that, Grandma?' And she'd say, 'That was beautiful, baby!' And I'd run back to the piano and play some more. I'm sure that's why I still play today, because I was encouraged from such a young age, 2 or 3.

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A music teacher. It was in the inner city at a school called Horace Mann. I think I was most effective when the kids pissed me off.

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My parents did the whole good-cop/bad-cop thing - Dad was the bad cop, and Mom was the good cop. I remember my father saying, 'I'm his father, not his friend.' That kind of stuck with me.

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That's when I'm at my rawest. When I'm performing with the band. It's just like the groove is going, whether we're fast or slow, I can just transport myself.

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My whole life, people have been like, 'I don't know if you're playing or serious.'

Craig Robinson

I got a call from my manager saying, 'Howie Mandel wants to talk to you.' And I'm a comic - big fan of all he's done. He was pitching me 'Caraoke Showdown', and I was just excited about it.

Craig Robinson

I was approached by my agent, who said they were interested in me for 'Mr. Robot'. Then I binge-watched the show, and I was like, 'Uh, I would like this. Show me how I'm gonna fit in there, but yeah, I would love it.'

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Jason Behr and Amanda Brooks were cool to work with. Jason and I are fast friends to this day.

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My father tried to discourage me from going into comedy, mainly because he felt like it wasn't promising. It was pie in the sky.

Craig Robinson

We even did a re-imagining of 'Spider-Man' that James Franco starred in that didn't make it into 'This Is The End'. That didn't make the final cut, but I wouldn't be surprised if it made the DVD.

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I'm Mr. Grits. One of the non-perishables.

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I do - I do enjoy a good rom-com here and there. Would 'A Fish Called Wanda' be a rom-com?

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I can bring a crowd down. There should be a contest for that.

Craig Robinson