Marlon Wayans

I don’t think of myself as a comedian, but as an artist, a scientist and chemist who just happens to be funny. I started doing stand-up to add another level to my game. I feel that I’m a young rookie with a veteran’s skill.

Marlon Wayans

I don’t want there to be this separation between the rich and poor. I may be part of the three percent because I’ve been fortunate and done well for myself, but I will never forget about the 97 percent. That was me growing up. I was so poor I dreamt about being just ‘regular poor,’ not ‘poor, poor.’

Marlon Wayans

I grew up in the projects. You have no choice but to fight. My jokes used to get me in fights.

Marlon Wayans

I want to be remembered as a guy who’s not going to change your life but who is going to change your mood. As a guy who made you smile and say, ‘I miss him. He was a lot of fun.’

Marlon Wayans

If I read something great and I want to go after it, I go after it. You don’t wait to see what Hollywood wants to do with you. You decide what you want to do. I don’t mind fighting when I really want something.

Marlon Wayans

If you could cross a lion and a monkey, that’s what I’d be, because monkeys are funny and lions are strong.

Marlon Wayans

People don’t understand how much time and work it takes to make somebody laugh, and how hard it is to write a script, to put together the story, the characters. When everyone laughs simultaneously, there’s no greater feeling.

Marlon Wayans

There’s an art to comedy.

Marlon Wayans