Kenan Thompson

When I started acting, doing theater stuff at a young age, I was always the comic relief-type roles, so I knew I had a funny bone and could make groups of people laugh, but I didn't really take it seriously until I started getting paid on a weekly basis; then I was like, 'Oh, well, this could be a lifestyle.'

'SNL' has kind of been like my school.

As far as my sketches, I've always loved 'What's Up With That.' It's just a whole lot of fun, and I love 'Black Jeopardy,' too. Any kind of host capacity, I'm usually pretty good at.

I never did standup before. It just looked like it was really hard, looked like there was like up days and down days - and I'm too emotionally unstable for that. I need to always be funny and always be loved.

Comedy is here to bring joy to the world, whether you want to hear the curse words or not.

I used to go trick-or-treating all the time. When I was young we had the plastic mask with the rubber band that would cut your face, and you couldn't breathe and it was really sweaty! I had the Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man. I used to love the Incredible Hulk, and then one year I had the great idea to be Mr. T, and that was an awesome costume too.

It's just cool to witness talent.

I don't know what to do with babies.

I guess I was just a young, fun-loving kid! Me and my older brother was always quoting 'Coming to America,' 'Spies Like Us,' '48 Hours,' and all those movies, just having fun amongst ourselves.

I started working right away as a kid, so I didn't have a chance to go to improv school or anything like that; I was already a working actor.

There's a lot of theaters in New York. You can always go out and be around a lot of like-minded comedians.

I want to open an eye or two about what being an actor is really like because it's not all red carpets and photo shoots. It's like trying to get that job and going from job to job.

I'm very friendly. I get along with people.

I just try to deliver the laughs every time I get the opportunity.

I never really try to over-promote myself; I never have.

I don't necessarily have a traditional stand-up set.

It's nice to predict your schedule, especially with a child. It's nice to have work and be in a stable place, which isn't always easy for actors.

I support the homies, like Mike Jay and Hannibal Buress. And I listen to Comedy Central Radio in the car.

I'm a happy person, and I want everybody else to be happy. Nothing wrong with that.

I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them.

There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life.

I was a good student in school.

I was always pretty funny with my friends.

My immediate family is real close-knit.

I always just want to do non-typical voices for some reason.