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Zach Anner Biography

Zach Anner (born November 17, 1984 in Buffalo, New York) is an Austin, Texas-based comedian, actor and writer with cerebral palsy who gained worldwide attention with the submission of a video to Oprah Winfrey's "Search for the Next TV Star" competition. He won his own TV show on OWN through Oprah's Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star. His wheelchair travel show, Rollin' With Zach, premiered December 12, 2011. Zach recently guest starred on an episode of the ABC-TV sitcom Speechless, which is centered around a teenager with cerebral palsy.

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I make funny shows and put a positive message out there, showing people who have body image issues that. . . you don't have to look a certain way.

Body, Image, Issues, Looks, Make, People

I didn't have a girlfriend until I was 29, and I thought it was because I'm in a wheelchair. And I realized that it's not that, it's because I listened to what the dismissive part of society was telling me and accepted it as truth. There was nothing that was keeping me from dating or falling in love other than the fact that I was scared of being rejected. And everybody has that fear. That's a universal thing.

Dating, Everybody, Fact, Falling In Love, Girlfriend, Wheelchair

I talk about Breaking Bad being the most brilliant show ever, and even minor characters have subtle nuances and are fully drawn.

Breaking, Brilliant, Character, Nuance, Nuances, Talk

Most of my work is comedy; it's meant to inspire empathy in people and help them find joy.

Comedy, Empathy, Inspire, Joy, Meant, People

We'd done a couple of road trips with my big chair, and it was such a hassle if we didn't have the van with the foldout ramp. I figured: There's got to be some option that I can use on the go. Now I can go anywhere with my friends, which is a big, life-changing thing. I can sit on it for as long as I need to.

Couple, Life Changing, Long, Sit, Thing

Call yourself and define your relationship to your chair the way you want to, or your disability the way you want to.

Call, Define, Disability, Want, Way

What I don't like about the way the media portrays religion is that they seem to weaponize it and use it as a tool to divide people.

Media, People, Portrays, Tools

I always say, once I get in a room, I can sell myself just fine. I know that not everyone who has a disability has the social skills or cognitive skills that I do, and it may be harder for them to navigate through.

Know, May, Room, Rooms, Skills

I haven't found anything that I've wanted to say that I couldn't do through either the Internet or the reality shows that I've done.

Done, Found, Internet, Reality, Say, Shows

You really just have to have a good attitude, challenge yourself, and you can accomplish great things.

Accomplish, Attitude, Challenge, Challenge Yourself, Challenges

No Atlantis is too underwater or fictional.

Atlantis, Fictional, Underwater

I realized that I was a really, really terrible actor. I was like, "I'd better be myself. "

Actor, Actors, I Realized, Realized, Terrible

Writing every day across nine time zones because Gillian [Grassie] was in Berlin, and we were working together via Skype. It was pretty intense. I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Happy, Intense, Time Zones, Working, Working Together, Writing

I used to be an insult comic, and I didn't end up liking the way that I felt about myself.

Comic, Insult, Liking, Way

I had to write a comedy set and film a show at the same time. And it's the second time I've been up on stage as a stand-up comedian with untested material. I was saying it out loud for the first time that night. It didn't go how I expected, but in the best possible way.

Comedian, Material, Night, Untested, Writing

Everyone who was here [Sheraton Universal Hotel] when I won still works here, so the two biggest moments in my career are intersecting. It's so cool that I can say "hi" to everybody.

Biggest, Career, Careers, Hotel, Moments, Two

CP is a struggle, but it's also been quite the tool for me to find success and deliver a message. It's something about me that's unique, so it'll open a few doors as well as keep a few closed. If you have the other tools that you develop as an individual, talents, things like that, you can harness this to do positive things in the world.

Closed, Doors, Struggle, Unique

It's up to us to make the accommodations for all sorts of different travel scenarios. It's amazing how many companies aren't really in tune to the needs of different travelers. There's just so many embarrassing situations that you go through when you travel. You have to have a sense of humor about it and take it in stride. My whole approach is to embrace spontaneity.

Different, Make, Needs, Scenarios, Take, Tunes

The biggest disabilities are when you sabotage yourself mentally, those personal demons that get on your shoulder and you can't shake 'em.

Biggest, Demon, Disability, Ems, Mentally, Personal

I just love all the music. My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, all those folks. I can't do it, but I have a profound respect for it.

Church, Gershwin, Grandma, Profound, Respect, Years

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