Welcome to the world of Deon Cole Quotes, where the wit and wisdom of the renowned comedian and actor, Deon Cole, come to life. With a career spanning stand-up comedy, acting, and writing, Deon Cole has charmed audiences with his unique humor and insightful observations on life’s quirks. Whether you’re a long-time fan or just discovering his talent, this collection of Deon Cole quotes will tickle your funny bone and offer valuable insights. So, get ready to laugh, ponder, and be entertained by Deon Cole’s distinctive perspective on the world. Below, you’ll find a curated selection of quotes from this talented entertainer that you can use to inspire, amuse, or share with others. Feel free to copy and paste these quotes, place them on images, or enhance them with stylish fonts to make them your own creative expressions.
Cops need dumb people. What if everybody was smart? Where would police be right now? Deon Cole
I hate it when people come to comedy shows thinking it’s going to be simply all about laughing at jokes. Deon Cole
I used to wear my pants tucked into my socks and karate handkerchiefs around my wrist. It was ridiculous, how I used to dress in the ’80s. Deon Cole
You have to allow someone to grow with the times. Deon Cole
It’s two totally different things. Comedy is more therapeutic. Acting is more of an escape. Deon Cole
In the hood, there are no workshop classes and internships. Deon Cole
When it comes to writing, I don’t want to cheat the people. I don’t wanna rush that. Deon Cole
One of my favorite eras is the ’80s. I’m an ’80s baby to the world, love everything about the ’80s. But my fashion was not the best in the ’80s. Deon Cole
Stand-up is always most important because that’s what got me here. It’s always first. Deon Cole
I always thought that asking questions at the end was a cool way for doing a stand-up show. It’s unique and different, and helps reiterate what’s been said, as if we were in a class. Deon Cole
I use this notepad onstage, mastering the art of not being professional. I’ll do a joke that doesn’t work on purpose, then go to my notepad and scratch it off, which becomes funny. Deon Cole
I really related to Ellen more than anybody. I loved the way she had a way of taking small details in life and make something very funny out of them in her stand-up routines. She’s someone I modeled myself after – and really admire. Deon Cole
I never thought I could be a comedian, because I never thought I was funny. A lot of other people thought I was funny in the sense that, ‘you’re crazy.’ Deon Cole
I went over there to ‘black-ish’ to be a writer on the show, but Kenya Barris – for no obvious reason – asked me if I wanted to play this character. He looked at me and, I guess, saw the possibilities. I’ve just been so lucky to have had those opportunities given to me. But, you’ve also got to take advantage of those chances. Deon Cole
Why do you have to go start a campaign, get me fired from the people who do love me, and now they can’t see me because of something you couldn’t handle? It just doesn’t make sense. Just don’t watch it. Deon Cole
From a young age, I always wanted to act. I remember asking my mother to take me to acting school, but we didn’t have money. It was just a dream. Deon Cole
I really like interacting with the audience, especially with ‘Cold Blooded Seminar’s’ question bit at the end, because it gives the sense that we’re here to learn. Deon Cole
I would love to direct. Hopefully, I could probably direct an episode of ‘Grown-ish,’ but I have to show them that I’m serious and put in the work and the time. Deon Cole
That’s the whole point of anyone’s standup career. It’s to get people to listen to their point of view. Deon Cole
If everything is always magical, then you’ll never have a magical moment. So you have to understand that when it comes to comedy there’s going to be a lot of letdowns, but when that magical moment happens it’s going to be worth all the letdowns. You’ll appreciate the greatness more than you were expecting. Deon Cole
If I decide to do a college, which is very, very, very rare, I just stay as P.C. as possible. My point of view really isn’t important. Let me just make them laugh the best way I can, but I’m not trying to change the world. I’m not trying to give my point of view on anything at any college at all. Deon Cole
Every time I go work out material, I bomb more than I do good. Deon Cole
I actually had ‘Angie Tribeca’ before I had ‘black-ish,’ so I was filming those two shows and ‘Conan’ back to back. If I got off early on either ‘black-ish’ or ‘Tribeca,’ then I would go to the other show. Then, when I wasn’t doing either of them, I’d go to ‘Conan’ and do a bit. And on weekends, I’d do stand-up. It was insane. Deon Cole
Comedically, man, I’m just trying to be on a page where I can just uplift people, no matter what it is. Just try to give them some type of upliftment and make them laugh. At the same time, make them think about something they wouldn’t normally think about. Deon Cole
I remember the times when I had nothing to do. So anytime I feel tired, I feel like complaining, I think of that, and I go: ‘Remember, you had nothing to do.’ So I get up, do what I gotta do. Deon Cole
Looking like I don’t have it together is actually an art that I perfected. Deon Cole
I learned from mistakes. If I ride my bike and I don’t hold the handlebars and I fall, I know to hold them next time. Deon Cole
I moved into this low-income building in Chicago because all my friends lived there or the next building over rent-free. I had no rent to pay, no utilities, so I would save my money from standup. And then I started selling these jerseys I got from a hookup in Korea. I would pay like $10 and sell them for $300. I had money on top of money. Deon Cole
In my early 20s, I started doing comedy. I started doing auditions in Chicago. It led me to writing my own sketches for Second City. The team we had was called Forgotten City – that was the beginning of my writing. Deon Cole
Sometimes a joke that’s not working is just as hilarious as one that does. Deon Cole
Everybody else is out being themselves at work, so I don’t understand why black people have to change the way they talk in order to be accepted. Deon Cole
A lot of people don’t know, I had the ‘Angie Tribeca’ show before I had ‘Black-ish.’ I went over to ‘Black-ish’ just to write. Everybody knew that I wrote for ‘Conan,’ and they were looking for writers over there. Deon Cole
I’m a big cultural pusher when it comes to hip-hop, disco music, comedy, all that stuff that I love. Deon Cole
You’ve got to give people an opportunity. But I also think that a lot of black writers don’t know how to submit themselves. Deon Cole
I make the time between shooting ‘Angie Tribeca,’ ‘Black-ish’ and movies for my stand-up. You have to force yourself to make time for it. Deon Cole
The famous business is crazy. But if you can handle the streets of Chicago, you probably can handle any place. Deon Cole
I did Def Jam in ’94 and 2006. There will never be anything like Def Jam, like it was. Deon Cole
I want the freedom to be me. Deon Cole
Listen, most people go to movie theaters with an open mind – not knowing how they’re going to react to the film they’re about to see. Deon Cole
A lot of people look in the mirror and keep forgetting that. You’re the most unique person in the world. Deon Cole
Kenya Barris is a visionary. Deon Cole
I’m the type of person who, if I’m driving my car and it runs out of gas, as soon as it stops I’m getting a gas can and walking. I’m not going to sit there thinking, ‘What am I gonna do?’ I’m walking. Deon Cole
Comedy is like magic. If you don’t see where the trick is going, it’s entertaining. Deon Cole
Me trying to save the world isn’t really what I’m here for. I’m going to try to do it on the sneak tip, but I’m not going to present myself in that way. I’m going to underhandedly try to save the world. Deon Cole
I was never funny. There were funny people I was around, but I wasn’t a funny guy. I was dead serious about everything. I was a thinker because I was an only child. Deon Cole
Atlanta has always been one of my favorite places to come and get down. I don’t come through a lot because I’m always filming and doing stuff, so when I come through, I come through. Deon Cole
For every 15 jokes I write, only one works. Deon Cole
For anybody that’s looking at getting into comedy as stand-up or otherwise, the best advice to give is: Be original. Always. Deon Cole
If I do a joke on stage and I feel like the energies a little off, I’ll put my pride aside and ask someone who I feel is greater than me in order to just get insight. Deon Cole
Growing up using Old Spice was everything to me, so it’s huge to join the world-famous group of Old Spice Guys. Deon Cole
I heard that I was gay before, and I was like ‘Really?’ And then I started thinking: You haven’t really made it unless somebody says you’re gay. Deon Cole
Funny comes in different levels. Like not looking seasoned, or not looking prepared, the way that an actual comic should look, becomes funny. Deon Cole
I would do anything under the sun for Kenya Barris. Put that on a T-shirt. Hashtag it. Deon Cole
Bernie Mac was a god in Chicago. Deon Cole
A lot of people have their albums where they have their love song, party song, awareness song, song dedicated to their mama, a song for the homies, you know. To have a well-rounded album you have to touch on different situations and topics. That’s how I feel comedy is. It doesn’t have to be all just one way. Deon Cole
When I come out on stage in the bits that I do on ‘Conan,’ that’s a one-time deal. There’s no retakes, there is no, ‘Let’s shoot it over.’ It has to work there. You have to know your lines, you have to deliver. So you have to be on point. Deon Cole
Unfortunately, we live in a world where no mistakes can be made, and it’s sad because you learn from your mistakes. If we can’t make mistakes, how the hell are we going to learn? Deon Cole
People were telling me I should do stand-up. I would just shake it off. One day my friend bet me some money to go on stage. I went up there and never looked back. Deon Cole
I’ll do a joke on purpose that really doesn’t work just to show that that’s funny. Deon Cole
That’s all that I do, stand-up and write. Deon Cole
My job is to make you laugh. It isn’t to inform you, but it is to bring awareness of how I see things without making you feel extremely bad about it. If you want to change how you think, fine. If not, fine. But at the end of the day no matter what you’re doing, I need you to respect me, love me, and love yourself. Deon Cole
A lot people don’t know that I’m a stand-up. Deon Cole
I’ve been preaching it. I’ve been getting the word out. I’ve been telling people ‘Stop talking white at work. Talk how you talk and if they fire you, you got a lawsuit. Simple as that.’ Deon Cole
I just think that it’s good to be recognized and for people to see what you’re doing and honor you with it. That’s always good but if you don’t then you don’t. You still can feel good at the end of the day with what you’ve given to people and what they’re receiving and what you’ve got to bring to the table. Deon Cole
Black-ish’ is my family forever. Deon Cole
I want everybody to be blacker. Start talking black at work. You ain’t gotta change your voice at work anymore. Deon Cole
Especially in this business, once one person latches on with the credibility, it becomes a snowball effect. Once somebody validates you, then other people start taking recognition of what you’re doing, and then they start believing in what you do. Deon Cole
I like doing different styles of comedy. Deon Cole
When you watch a comedy special, you see the glitz and glamour. But what you don’t see is when it doesn’t work and I’m getting heckled and all of that. Deon Cole
Yeah, absolutely – comedy saved my life. Deon Cole
When I did ‘The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien,’ Conan came to my dressing room after and was like, ‘Man, that was great.’ Then a week later my manager said he wanted to hire me to write for him. Deon Cole
Anything can be funny, man. Deon Cole
Back in the day I used to do a whole bunch of tours for the troops, Germany, Korea. I used to go all over the place to perform for the troops. Deon Cole
I don’t even do anything super crazy when it comes to eating. The most I would ever do is eat some kind of sushi raw. I keep it real light when it comes to food. Deon Cole
The clocks in my house are set to Pacific time, but my watches are set to Chicago time. It just reminds me of home and keeps me in that mindset. Deon Cole
There’s a difference between having a game show host and having a personality as a game show host – somebody that you know and respect that’s funny. Deon Cole
You can change the world, sometimes, with the opinions and thoughts we have as comics. Deon Cole
I just like being able to voice my opinion. That’s all comedy is. Comedy is just a different perspective. Perspective of what you think opposed to what other people think. I try to uphold it and make it educational as well as inspirational, as well as funny. All around, I think it’s very important. Deon Cole
Cancel culture is horrendous. Deon Cole
If anybody’s in any kind of commercial, it’s good to be a part of a brand, part of a system that can help the community Old Spice has been amazing, donating money to causes and needs. That’s what it’s about. Yeah, they would love for everyone to wear Old Spice. But it’s more than that. Deon Cole
I really don’t even remember the ’90s. Deon Cole
I bomb all the time. You just got to keep going. Deon Cole
I love being a comic but I love acting as well. They’re both very necessary avenues for me. Deon Cole
A friend of mine was watching TV one day and he just was like, ‘I bet you want to do comedy,’ and he was like, ‘You should. I bet you could if you try it.’ So I went to a comedy club and went on stage and never looked back. It just became a career when it became more demanding than the job I had. Deon Cole
I was waiting on ‘Angie Tribeca’ to start filming, so I was like, I can go over to ‘Black-ish’ and write until they’re ready to shoot ‘Angie Tribeca.’ Then the guy who was supposed to play Charlie didn’t show up, and Kenya Barris, the creator, asked me if I would play that role. Charlie is based on Kenya Barris. Deon Cole
There’s nothing that I would never not talk about, but I would do it in a classy way. Deon Cole
This is real beef. Me and Stevie Wonder. He took my girl from me. We went to this concert. I told her she can go meet him, and she went and met him, and she came back and she was like, ‘Man, here go $100, why don’t you take a cab home.’ Deon Cole
Family Feud’ is like the ‘Steve Harvey Family Feud’ now. It’s great! I think a lot of game show people started looking at that. Deon Cole