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I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer. Because what the hell do I do when I'm not working? Mope?

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Hannibal Buress
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: February 4
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I want to just at least make it weird for you to watch Cosby Show reruns.
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People like to compare something to something that they know. Even with Chris Rock, they say he's like Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy.
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There's no room for failure performing [stand-up] for a black audience. If you don't get them right away it's tough winning them back even if you're doing top-notch material. If you didn't win them right when you walked out there, it's tough.
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I have weird aspirations. Like, I really want to kick a pigeon.
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There have been times I've been out, and my phone battery is at nine percent, and I was like, 'Time to go home.'
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I've been going up and bombing everywhere. It's great. I love it. It's hilarious.
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I feel like comedy is doing well right now because there's so many avenues to be seen. Whether it's through the Internet with social media or web videos and now there's so many networks and TV shows.
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I like smoking at home. I like it to be one of the last things I do that day. I don't wake and bake at all I couldn't do that. If I'm waking and baking, then I'm staying inside my place the rest of the day. I can't start my day off high.
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We'll keep you in our thoughts With the other bullshit in your heads? No, keep me out of your thoughts, because I hear some of the stuff you talk about and if that's close to what you're thinking about, I don't want to be around that, so keep me and my family out of your thoughts, unless you're thinking of making me a sandwich.
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I didn't really get into comedy until a couple months before I started doing comedy.
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When people go through something rough in life, they say, I'm taking it one day at a time. Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.
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Acting is fun it's easier than writing, and if you get on a [TV] show, it draws people to your stand-up. That's ultimately what I'd like to do.
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Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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There's a lot of dudes in my neighborhood that have handlebar mustaches. Which is cool if you want to have a handlebar mustache but don't try to have a conversation with me like you don't have a handlebar mustache.
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When somebody mangles one of my jokes, that bothers me more than somebody saying that I'm the worst comedian ever.
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I don't like when people say, 'I'll pray for you. I'm going to pray for you. Praying for you.' You're going to pray for me? So you're going to sit at home and do nothing? 'Cause that's what your prayers are you doing nothing while I struggle with a situation. Don't pray for me - make me a sandwich or something.
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