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Keegan-Michael Key Biography

Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He starred in the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele (2012–2015) and co-starred in the USA Network comedy series Playing House (2014–2017). He spent six seasons as a cast member on Mad TV (2004–2009) and has made several guest appearances on the U.S. version of Whose Line is it Anyway? on The CW. He also appeared in the first season of the FX series Fargo in 2014, and had a recurring role on the sixth and seventh seasons of the NBC series Parks and Recreation from 2013–2015. He hosted the U.S. version of The Planet's Funniest Animals on Animal Planet from 2005 until the show's end in 2008.

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My favorite, favorite, favorite, and the greatest comedian that could ever exist if you could Frankenstein a comedian together, would be one part Richard Pryor, one part Peter Sellers. That would be the greatest comic actor.

Comedian, Frankenstein, Peter, Pryor, Together, Would Be

I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.

Athlete, Not Strong, Strong, Tall, Thin

I get overwhelmed when I approach things intellectually.

Approach, Intellectually, Overwhelmed, Things

To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote white. So if you're mixed, you embrace the mainstream culture more than the African-American culture.

Culture, Embrace, Gross, Mainstream Culture, Thinking, White

I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person. Much to the chagrin of a lot of African-American people that I meet, because it's almost like there's a betrayal, an intrinsic betrayal: "Don't do that, brotha, we need you. We need you here, in this fold. "

African American, Betrayal, Biracial, Chagrin, Meet, People

Like every human we have to categorize ourselves, so you kind of start to build a mythos 'cause I had no information about [ biological mother]. So you have to build a mythos around yourself. And so my mythos included me not being wanted or me being a wretched person, which is just great fertilizer for comedy.

Categorize, Causes, Human, Information, Mother

When you're a child, the most important thing is to be able to live a life of comfort. You want to be sure that the moon goes up at night and the sun comes up in the morning and dad comes home from work.

Child, Children, Comfort, Dad, Morning

There Is Nothing More Dangerous On Planet Earth Than A Black Wife

Black, Earth, Nothing, Planet, Wife

My adoptive mother tirelessly worked most of her life to build up my self-esteem. So what happened was finding her started to shed light and destroy my mythos. So for the first year of knowing [biological mother], my mom kind of actually literally visited me in Detroit and kind of gave me a tour of my life - where I was conceived, where I was born, where she found out she was pregnant. It was amazing and very emotional.

Knowing, Mom, Mother, Mythos, Self Esteem, Visited

I'm adopted, so I didn't know my father, but apparently he was pretty tall.

Adopted, Father, Know, Knows

Being a melting pot is what I think is great about being American, and also that we get to do something that other people don't get to do, we get to be a hyphenate. That's a good thing.

Good, Melting, People, Thing, Thinking

There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black.

African American, Black, Blood, Drop, Theory

I have this little thing that people call Keegan-ese, where I don't speak English words at all. I just say stuff like, "You gotta toish the doish and you gotta maloish the hoish. "

Call, English Words, Hoish, Like, People, Speak English

Ricky Gervais changed our lives. And Mitch Hedberg, who we're like, "Oh, that's funny to me on a level I don't think I understand. But I'm clearly pleased by it beyond something that my brain's figured out. " He was amazing.

Brain, Gervais, Levels, Pleased, Think, Thinking

The fact of the matter is, you can't do comedy unless someone is behaving badly. Otherwise, it's not a comedy.

Badly, Behaving, Comedy, Matter, Unless

There is no top. You are never going to reach the top if you go for success. That way lies madness.

Lying, Madness, Success, Top, Way

I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.

Animal, Concerned, Issues, Junkie, Per, Years

If you take something like the slave-auction sketch, the warmth of the light gives it a crisp 12 Years a Slave look. And your eye tells your brain, "I should be taking this seriously. "

Crisp, Eye, Light, Sketch, Tells, Years

I want people to say, "Oh my God, I'm laughing out loud at television. "

God, Laughing, Loud, People, Television

Do what you love in your community.

Community, Love, What You Love

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