Marlon Wayans – 12 Quotes

12 Quotes by Marlon Wayans

Let me tell you, Barack Obama is the most down dude in the world, but he’s so smart so articulate, such an amazing speaker such a passionate man. He’s humble.

– Marlon Wayans

I’m the most inappropriate dad. I curse in front of my kids and their friends. I let my kids watch R-rated movies. I’ll walk by the movie theater and say, ‘Let’s go see that,’ and my kids will say, ‘No, it’s rated R. It’s not appropriate for kids.’ I’m like Uncle Dad. We have fun. I don’t live with them, but I drive over four days a week.

– Marlon Wayans

Comedy clubs can be brutal. Those people are for real, and if you aren’t funny, they aren’t laughing. They don’t care who you are.

– Marlon Wayans

Gotta stay in the gym, stay funny, stay sharp. I just love working.

– Marlon Wayans

I don’t think of myself as a comedian, but as an artist, a scientist and chemist who just happens to be funny. I started doing stand-up to add another level to my game. I feel that I’m a young rookie with a veteran’s skill.

– Marlon Wayans

If you could cross a lion and a monkey, that’s what I’d be, because monkeys are funny and lions are strong.

– Marlon Wayans

I’m good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue.

– Marlon Wayans

You learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business of laughter that you can’t learn on a set, because it’s all on you. Sometimes you bomb, and you know not to tell that joke again… You just hope people find the humor in the awkwardness.

– Marlon Wayans

Humor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasn’t comedy I don’t know if Obama could have ever become president.

– Marlon Wayans

There are so many things to talk about between black people, Hispanic people, white people, gay people, men, women, it’s all based on fear. We all have fears, this thing that stops us from embracing as we are one. We are never going to be one. People are messed up, but humor lets us see how ignorant we can be.

– Marlon Wayans

Comedy is very hard, but you have to learn the art and science of it.

– Marlon Wayans

Success is not a destination, but the road that you’re on. Being successful means that you’re working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That’s living your dream.

– Marlon Wayans