Top 44 Craig Robinson Quotes

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.

Always wanted to go to Germany… probably one of my top ten.

There’s a couple of movie parts that I can’t remember. There was always something kind of lurking, because when ‘The Office’ started, I wasn’t a regular. You’re a guest star, so they don’t really need you. They didn’t say that, but I’ve seen the show – with or without me, it’s still funny.

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

I’m a Scorpio. I have different mood swings.

Comedy prepared me for drama. There are a couple techniques you can think of. One of my acting teachers said that comedy is like ping-pong, and drama is tennis. You take things a bit slower, so you do get to breathe more and take some more time.

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.

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.

When I start thinking about a role, I read the script a few times and then let it sink in – and then take some time to develop how that character is going to play out and what he’s going to do.

I’m a performer. I do comedy and music, and I blend them together. My band is ‘Nasty Delicious!’.

It’s always nice to do a family movie, because I do a lot of R-rated stuff.

I have a sound. It’s called ‘funk mixed with stank.’ That’s what I do.

A bunch of comedians have gotten in ‘trouble’ for sharing their views. When an actor or an artist or might come out saying something political or whatever, then it becomes about that view.

Look at the laws: you can’t spank a kid without getting in trouble. That kept me in line!

The thing that makes you a good ‘Caraoke Showdown’ singer is you gotta have some knowledge of these songs. You gotta be ready to attack. You gotta shut your brain off and just go.

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.

You know Seth and Evan, they were lead writers for ‘Pineapple Express’, and they are great at mixing things up. Taking different genres and mish-mashing them up to create something dynamically new. They’ll throw comedy at you, but with a dash of horror and fright that is supposed to make you shocked and scared.

I’m starring in the ‘New Adventures of Voltron’. I play Voltron.

I think fans are going to get everything you’d expect from ‘The Office’, from awkwardness, to a lot of humor and heart.

Comedy chose me.

I probably have more words to say in ‘Mr. Robot’ than I’ve had in my entire career put together.

I love hip-hop, but hip-hop is a way of life.

Doing voiceover is so much fun because you can play with the lines as much as you want. You can put a whole bunch of energy into it, jump up and down, whatever you got to do.

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.

I understand the importance of mentorship for young people, even outside their parents. That’s more important now than ever. You gotta have that support system everywhere you can.

I’m a performer.

I’m focused on the work. And now I’ve done ‘Morris’ and ‘Mr. Robot,’ my appetite is whet to go deeper. It’s fun, and it’s challenging, and it stretches me. I’m not saying I’m done with comedy by any stretch of the imagination. I’m saying, yeah, let’s see how deep the rabbit hole goes.

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

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

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.

I was in a TV show called ‘Lucky’ on FX. The casting director from ‘Lucky’ was casting ‘Dragon Wars’. She called me in to meet with the producer and audition, and I got it from there.

I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, north Beverly. It was cool, everybody’s cool on the block.

I’m just looking at Twitter like, ‘Ooooooo.’ No, I don’t engage, but it’s great. There’s so many avenues to get your entertainment on; you’ve got so many people invested in this. I love it.

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

I hear a lot of girls say, ‘I can be myself around you,’ and I’m always thinking, ‘Who are you when you’re with somebody else?’

I grew up in church, so every time I say certain words, I’m like, ‘I’m going to get in trouble.’

I went to the Heidelburg Castle, a 1200-year-old castle, looked around. It was pretty awesome, but you know, they’ve got a coffee shop in there, and they have some sections closed off. I wanted to see the part where they tortured people, but it was cool, though.

As a comic and as an actor, I think you’ve got to be partially crazy.

I’ve seen some beyond-amazing performers do karaoke who should be on stage somewhere, and I’ve seen people who you rather didn’t enter the bar. That’s the beautiful thing about it; it’s for everybody.

There’s something about seeing somebody who thinks they’re great and is so wrapped up in their moves, voice, and performance that makes it so wonderfully charming that you can’t take your eyes off. That’s why we all remember William Hung from those first years of ‘American Idol. It’s the William Hung effect.

Being on ‘The Office’ prepared me for drama. Comedy got me ready, but once you get down to it, they’re two sides of the same thing. I mean, the delivery has to be different – in drama, there’s more time to breathe, and comedy’s all about hitting the joke.

Coming up with comedy is hard, man. Those bits aren’t easy to think of!

Even in comedy, you have to be real. It’s all about being real. It’s how real can you be? That’s the challenge. How much are you willing to take on for your character?

‘Peeples’ is definitely not ‘Meet the Parents’. It’s more a movie about family secrets. It does explore class issues somewhat, but it’s mostly about living your own truth.