Donald Glover quotes

Donald Glover is an American musician, actor, writer, and comedian, widely recognized under his musical stage name, Childish Gambino. His innovative approach to music and storytelling has earned him numerous awards and critical acclaim. He continues to influence pop culture with his diverse talents and creative projects. Here are 21 of his quotes:

Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are.

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Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.

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I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome.

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I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.

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I felt like high school for me was like a big whirlpool of me trying to figure out what was OK for me to do.

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I try to be me to the utmost.

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If you're on Twitter, what you're saying is, 'I'm important enough for you to care what I think.'

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I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.

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Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.

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I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.

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Twitter does have an effect on everything - things you put out there, they are out there for good.

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The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool.

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But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into.

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Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage.

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Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?

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We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are.

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I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.

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Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room.

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