Phoebe Robinson Quotes

Phoebe Robinson

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 28, 1984

I'm obsessed with the Fenty beauty line. It's like, finally, women of color get good makeup.

Phoebe Robinson

I really like a red lip as my go-to when I go out.

Phoebe Robinson

I just wanna go on the record to say I talk about U2 so much, I should be their publicist. I should be added to the PR team. U2 is my favorite band of all time. I love them so much.

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I'm a nail biter and have been my whole life.

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Like lots of people, I really love Roxane Gay.

Phoebe Robinson

I don't really read Stephen King - I just can't read scary things because it stays with me too long - but I truly liked his memoir of the craft of writing.

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I'm really into short-story collections and essays; they're my jam.

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I love how Shakespeare can really rip your heart out one second and then make you laugh the next. He's a master writer.

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If the guy does not treat you with love and respect, does not cease-and-desist with all the game playing, is not willing to share his world with you, then he is bad for you.

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Let's stop acting like a man who is clear about his intentions, is open to love, and has a good head on his shoulders is 'boring,' 'lame,' and 'not passionate like the edgy guy.'

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I have watched every single season of 'American Idol' since the beginning, when Ryan Seacrest co-hosted with Brian Dunkleman. Brian who? Exactly.

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One of the things I love about 'Idol' besides the drama, the backstories, and the crazy arrangements on popular songs is the auditions, when everyone is full of hope and nerves.

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I'm going to keep doing the comedy and the art that I do. I'm going to keep uplifting marginalized voices, and I think that's my place to do that.

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If I have a daughter and she grows up to be an astronaut, she's gonna end up on a Black History Month stamp.

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The great thing about being a standard-issue, straight white person is you have so much time. Gay people, people of color, we have less time! We have to be a living Learning Annex to everybody. We don't have time to master hobbies like skipping rocks along lakes.

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It's just a wild experience to have thousands of people stand up and cheer for you.

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I'm a very business-minded person.

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Sometimes in stand-up, you want that late-night set where you get that five minutes, then you want a half-hour special, and then the crown, if you will, is an HBO special.

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For me personally, I was just worried that transitioning from a podcast, which is a very intimate sort of experience - people tell me they listen to my podcast while they're at the gym or on road trips, so you're in someone's ear - to being on television - that's a lot of space to fill.

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I think anytime you work on something, even if you feel really good about it, you're never really sure. Once it's in the public space, it's out of my hands.

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