Leslie Jones Quotes

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Leslie Jones

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 7, 1967

You know what makes me mad about 'The Bachelorette?' That, you know, that that chick would get a man. Get me a date.

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I get real brave when I text people. When I text people, I am so brave because it's words, but you can't say stuff.

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You can look good. Don't let nobody tell you you can't look good because of your size... or what size your feet is.

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People used to call me names, so my mom had this beautiful African lady come talk to me.

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When I was young, my dad always let me listen to comedy albums.

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I always knew about comedy; I always loved comedy.

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The day that I saw Whoopi Goldberg on television, I cried so hard because I kept looking at my daddy going, 'Oh my God. There's somebody on TV that looks like me! She looks like me! Yay! I can be on TV! I can be on TV! I can do it! Look at her - look at her! She looks just like me.'

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I just knew that I was funny, and I knew that it was just a matter of time. I didn't know what was going to actually happen - this is definitely way bigger than I thought - but I knew there was no way I was going to be that funny, and nobody was going to notice it.

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I would never quit comedy to make money. I've been doing it, like, 30 years. I still love it. That's my life.

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I'm glad this whole success thing is happening now. I can't even imagine a 23-year-old Leslie in this position.

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Bill Murray was just so funny to me - there wasn't anything spooking him.

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They redid 'Roots,' and everyone was saying, 'Oh, it shouldn't have been done.' I was like, 'It definitely should have been done.' Because it needs to be refurbished for the new generation so they can understand it.

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When we did this reboot, I thought 'Ghostbusters' fans would be so excited: 'They've got the new technology - the ghosts are going to look real now.'

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Why is being a woman so surprising? There are two sexes. A man and a woman. So, if it's not a man in a movie, what else was it going to be?

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I can't be intimidated by anyone wearing a housecoat.

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I did not leave Twitter.

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