I know I'm fly - don't get me wrong. But I don't look, like, standard Hollywood. As a comedian, it's something you learn to use. Leslie Jones More Quotes by Leslie Jones More Quotes From Leslie Jones The reason everybody is so amazed and enamored with me right now is because I have worked every angle, I have worked every formula, I have worked every equation, I have seen every club, I have seen every performance, I have seen every joke, I have studied, I have done my job. That's why I'm good. It's not because I got up one night and decided I wanted to tell some f - -ing jokes. Leslie Jones done jobs night Everybody was telling me to sit my ass down. Everybody was telling me to get a real job. Everybody was asking me, "What are you doing? You're ruining your life. You're embarrassing your family." That's all I got. So you can't listen to that. You have to listen to yourself. Leslie Jones real asking jobs I take care of everybody. I'm either hugging you or making sure that you're not sick, because my backpack has every kind of medicine in it. Leslie Jones hug medicine sick There is no such thing as getting anything easy. Trust and believe. Even if you're good at what you do, you still should be practicing, you still should be updating, especially. Because if you don't update, you become a dinosaur. Leslie Jones updates dinosaurs believe People think I'm an overnight success. No. It's just that you all found me overnight. Leslie Jones found people thinking Back when I played, basketball was all about fundamentals, about hustling, getting those loose balls, all those rebounds under the basket. That equals up to 12, 14, 16 points. You can lose a game with that much. It's different watching basketball now. People don't play the same way. It doesn't matter if you score, if you can't stop the other team from scoring. Our coach used to kick our ass if we didn't. I was told if you saw more of the other team color under the basket than your own team color, you ain't doing your job. Everybody should be under the board, trying to get that ball. Leslie Jones team basketball jobs When you're writing a sketch, it has to be surrounded by a situation. It can't just be out of the air. Leslie Jones situation air writing I didn't realize the age thing until I got hired and everybody was telling me I was f - -ing old. Leslie Jones realizing age You can't rush good wine. It has to sit. And when you finally drink it, it's the bomb. It's worth the wait. Leslie Jones bombs wine waiting The way we value black beauty has changed. I'm single now, but back in the slave days, I would have never been single. I'm 6 feet tall and I'm strong. Look at me, I'm a Mandingo. Leslie Jones black strong feet I'm really good at standup. I always win at standup. Leslie Jones i-always-win winning My job is to bring the tickle. I know what's funny. Leslie Jones knows jobs I always had a Twitter account. I always had an Instagram account. I was always active on it, always spoke my mind. To me, it's really weird that I got so many followers and people that pay attention the way they do. It's hilarious, actually, because people didn't used to listen to me at all. I used to be like, "Does anybody hear me talkin'?" Leslie Jones mind doe people If I see someone not laughing, the first thing I'm thinking is, "OK, am I cursing too much? Am I doing a joke he doesn't understand? Is he resting?" Then he starts becoming my focal point. Once I see him laugh, I'm like, [snap] "All right, now I'm funny." Leslie Jones too-much laughing thinking You have to always keep conditioning. My coach used to say, "You play like you practice." If you practice s - -ty, you're going to play s - -ty. Leslie Jones like-you practice play I'm not leaving America because it doesn't support me. Leslie Jones support leaving america I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy. Leslie Jones murphy intention next I did not leave Twitter, i just signed out because I wanted to deal with what was going on. Leslie Jones entertainment Hate speech and freedom of speech, two different things. Leslie Jones entertainment It’s like, that’s my favorite restaurant. I love the food there, three people just got shot in front of me. Y’all need to get some security! Leslie Jones entertainment
