“Becoming a performer, comedian - anything other than a teacher, really...” — Quinta Brunson Quote

Becoming a performer, comedian - anything other than a teacher, really - seemed very far-fetched. So I kind of split off into this separate world, where secretly I was doing improv classes.

I come from a production assistant background. That was my first role on a set before even being an actor, that and writing.

When I first started working at BuzzFeed, I felt successful. I was like, 'Oh, my God, I have a job. I get to be creative.' At the time, I was making more money than I ever thought I would make in my life.

Austin Powers in Goldmember' was my favorite movie growing up. My mom wanted to burn the DVD. She hates stupid stuff.

I was born to be a teacher, and I'll die a teacher.

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.

A child's first teacher is its mother.

It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.

I went to the Guilford School of Music and Drama, which was affiliated with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I was lucky enough to be taught by a beautiful, wonderful teacher called Patsy Rodenberg, who works a lot with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a voice coach and technician.