Donald Glover Quotes - Page 3

I keep it wrapped until i meet the right one 'Cause I ain't Mumford, I ain't trying to have sons

L.A. is such a different place. I miss New York so much. I almost teared up when I came back and wanted a Guinness and realized I could drink it and take a cab home. I remembered that I could be a functional alcoholic in New York, like I used to be!

I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.

You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall.

Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.

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 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.

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.

My swag is always capital and live in north Virginia.

I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.

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.

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.

Taking a call girl to an STD fair... there's a joke here.

I like horror films and romance films. Films where you're going in being like, 'I'm coming here to be scared or to fall in love.' You have a goal.

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

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.

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.

I feel like... I don't have a wife, I don't have a kids, but... I see rappers and I'm like, I know that's fake. I know how much you make, this is all bullshit. But people are buying into it, and you shouldn't have that power. I'm legit trying to make honest moves so that all of us can grow. I want to make a show where my sister can work on and become a producer because she can't get in, no one's leting her. I want to make things where people can actually grow. A place where people can actually be honest.

I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.

You used to have to beg and be the busboy to do standup. I got on Community because people saw my videos on YouTube, which were free.

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

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

What's the point of rap if you can't be yourself, huh?

Twitter does have an effect on everything - things you put out there, they are out there for good.

I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.