Out of 30 years of Second City I was probably the third African-American with the main stage cast. I was surprised when I first heard that. I think part of the reason that improvisation has never been popular with African-Americans is that it isn't popular in the inner cities.
"Timothy" ""Tim"" "Meadows" is an United States/American actor and comedian best known as one of the longest running cast members on Saturday Night Live, where he served for ten seasons (1991-2000). He currently co-stars in the NBC sitcom Marry Me (U.S. TV series)/Marry Me.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous comedians! More Tim Meadows on Wikipedia.You get a lot of Johnnie Cochran roles. Those kind of things fall to you naturally because of the color of your skin. You have to give them what they want. Yeah, I was a black actor on the show and Johnnie Cochran came, but I had to learn how to do Johnnie Cochran, make it funny.
I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops.
For a while after the ugliness of the OJ Trial I liked doing him. That became fun to do because instead of OJ being smart and disappearing he wouldn't leave. So he put himself up to be ridiculed.
This is by far one of our biggest arrests.
Once you had Del say that you were good, you were good. To be able to make him laugh or impress him . . . once you got his respect, you were home free.
I like doing films and I wish that I could do more but I still have to audition. I don't get offered starring roles in movies even though I've written and starred in a movie.
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