The idea we have of prison is a scary place that also houses crazy people. And, to me, it was like, none of these guys were scary. They may have done things that are violent or scary, but these are not people that I feel nervous being around, and it feels like to me that we're wasting these men's lives in prison.
W. Kamau BellSome things just strike me as funny. The way things play out just makes me laugh sometimes. It drives my wife crazy sometimes because I'll just be laughing for no reason.
W. Kamau BellI'm of the opinion that if you step on stage and you're not a straight white male, you're automatically making a political statement whether you know it or not.
W. Kamau BellI'm a dad, and that's really important to me, and I realize now that I'm a dad that it's a major part of my identity.
W. Kamau BellWe could do something set in the 21st century, where I travel around to lots of different places and we talk to different ethnicities and lots of different racial and religious minorities, so it's not just the black-and-white America; it hasn't been that since the '90s.
W. Kamau Bell