“In my early 20s, I started doing comedy. I started doing auditions in ...” — Deon Cole Quote

“In my early 20s, I started doing comedy. I started doing auditions in Chicago. It led me to writing my own sketches for Second City. The team we had was called Forgotten City - that was the beginning of my writing.”

“I was waiting on 'Angie Tribeca' to start filming, so I was like, I can go over to 'Black-ish' and write until they're ready to shoot 'Angie Tribeca.' Then the guy who was supposed to play Charlie didn't show up, and Kenya Barris, the creator, asked me if I would play that role. Charlie is based on Kenya Barris.”

“Before 'Kai Po Che', I used to go for auditions in the hope that I will get work and should be able to pay my monthly house rent of 20,000 in 4 Bungalows, Andheri, Mumbai.”

“I was struggling a bit and I was almost like going to give up on acting, you know? And I just wasn't getting any auditions, and yeah, it was just a really quiet period and I was working in a coffee shop and just grafting because that's like the realities of acting. You've got to graft, you know, it's a really tough industry.”