Donald Glover Quotes

A lot of my sketches came from thoughts, and I always just wanted to act them out.

If I'm a faggot spell it right, I got way more than two G's

I hope people come to the shows because they feel like there's something there that I can't necessarily articulate, but it's real and it's fun.

People are sometimes like: "Oh man, you're so talented and you do a bunch of stuff." I'm not! I swear to god, I'm not. I just like learning stuff, I like doing stuff. And I feel like everybody can definitely do it.

We put stereotypes on ourselves - like, everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just like, you know, be who they are.

The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.

I don't think I'm good, I don't think I'm a good rapper. I think a lot of people always want me to battle somebody and stuff like that which is cool, but I don't see myself as a rapper.

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.

I think the best music videos are the ones that have nothing to do with the song. Those are all my favorites.

I'd much rather have AIDS than a baby... They're not that different at all. They're both expensive, you have them for the rest of your life, they're constant reminders of the mistakes you've made and once you have them, you pretty much can only date other people who have them.

Revenge is for the weak so I have settled my vendettas with all of the kids who made my early life a living hell.

I come around when you least expect me! I'm sitting at the bar when your glass is empty!

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.

Suicide is kinda dumb to me. If I wanna kill myself I will. It's not hard to die, I could do it like right now. But why is everybody pretending like everything's ok, Everything's not ok. We are more connected than we've ever been, But I feel more alone than I've ever been.

Yes I'm grown and sexy, and I'm worth the wait. Girls act like I'm the only dude on earth to date.

When you get called the n-word, as a black person you can do anything. It's like getting a gold star in Super Mario Brothers and junk. I hear the music when I hear the n-word. I get right into it; I get really into it. You can do anything. You could be in a fancy restaurant - just start throwing poop at the walls. People be like, 'What are you doing?' 'Someone called him the n-word.

My swag is always capital and live in north Virginia.

There are some rappers out there that I listen to, that I'm like: "You are really good but you could be like the Michael Jordan of rap if you applied yourself." There's a lot of people who are better at basketball than Michael Jordan, but Michael Jordan just wanted to be Michael Jordan, more.

It makes me wonder what this rapping shits a hobby for, oh that's right, because I'm gifted in another field, and another field, and another field.

I hate it when you really think you're getting something good... and you don't listen to your dudes when you really should.

Dress like a gentleman, but my mouth is never civilized.

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.

I refuse to go back to not liking who I was.

We lay out our lives in a narrative we understand, like a movie, but are you enjoying making it or are you wondering who's watching my movie.

I don't talk soft, that's that other guy.

To all my fans who's saying Donald Glover about to blow, just give me six months so you can say I told you so.

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.

You're always allowed to be better.

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

Girls are supposed to dance. That's why god gave them parts that jiggle.

You know who was on time tonight, which surprised me? Ghostface. Ghostface was early and making calls - what rapper does that?

If it makes you nervous- you're doing it right.

They say my public persona don't have enough appeal, I take a lesson from Kanye and give 'em something real.

May your dreams be sweet and your nightmares be spooky-monster-scary and not grandma-died-scary.

I lost my virginity junior year of college, I was 21... I was awkward, and I was raised Jehovah's Witness so I thought sex was bad, I thought I was going to go to hell, and get AIDS immediately.

The thing about stand-up was, not only was I getting to write it without anybody saying I couldn't do it, but I got to perform it. It just kind of became therapy for me. I had just gotten through a break-up and I was talking about it a lot.

Took the G out yo waffle, all you got left is your ego.

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

Don't add an eezy to my name, 'cause it has never been that'

I try and go to as many places as possible. It's really cool that I even get to see different places.