Quotes by Ali LeRoi

“Were really not responsible for any of this. We went into a room. We came up with an idea. We did it the best way we knew how to do it, and this is what happened.”

“If you listen to his comedy ... its serious stuff. Theres war, theres racism, theres fights, theres violence, theres arguments. And then you find the joke in it.”

“You will recognize different pieces of Chris Rock material that youve heard before.”

“Were trying to build stories that come from smaller things. Theres one show where Chris gets into trouble because his sister wants to make a cup of hot chocolate, but she almost burns the house down. Its just about hot chocolate. Theres another show where he gets upset with the girl next door because he finds out she likes his little brother more than she likes him. Its little, simple things.”

“Its Chris Rock. He separates our show from all the other shows that use that device.”

“Usually, funny people arent in charge of comedy. Comedy has become commerce. Theyre just trying to duplicate a thing that they can sell. Thats the business. Im not mad at that. You know, cookie companies do the same thing. But all the cookies arent good cookies. Mrs. Fields is better than a lot of them.”

“Were finding these little things that turn into something. Hes going to go to school, hes going to meet people, hes going to run into problems, Dads going to try to pay the bills, Moms going to try to get along, keep these kids on the straight and narrow. Thats pretty much the show.”

“He had a really great energy and really expressive face. He just had a lot of natural expression in him.”

“We were just trying to cast a great kid that kind of embodied the idea of the character. A young kid who kind of felt put upon, who wasnt too cocky and who was a little unsure of himself.”

“He looked honestly just too cool. He just had way too much swagger to play [Chris].”