Top 19 Lil Rel Howery Quotes

Directing is so dope to me, man, ’cause it doesn’t necessarily have to be your material. You’re making someone else‘s material come to life. There’s something amazing about that.

I know I’m being biased about Chicago, but I think Chicago got the most talented people in the world.

I’m all for making a woman-empowering song. I get that, and I think that’s dope. I’ve got a daughter, and I think that’s amazing. But when you‘re specifically picking on guys, that’s when it’s not right. ‘No Scrubs’ is the meanest, dumbest song ever made because they need to be specific in certain areas.

I think when we grow up watching TV, the stars seem like stars. You don’t know what they went through. You don’t know how they got it. It almost seems unattainable. With social media, we are able to show people if you work hard, that you can literally do the same thing.

The biggest thing is we need to stop acting like racism don’t exist.

I think Eddie Murphy is the greatest comedian. I do think that Richard Pryor is the Godfather, but Eddie Murphy, in my opinion, has every comedic category in his arsenal. He can roast you. He can freestyle. He can host. He was LeBron James before we even saw LeBron James.

So people thought once Obama got into office that racism was over with. But, what we ended up learning was that it just came more into the light.

Everybody makes a decision about where they want their career to go. If I really want something, I put a lot of effort into it. If I don’t want something, I won‘t.

I was a huge Wu-Tang fan, along with Crucial Conflict, along with Do or Die along with Mobb Deep.

That’s the biggest thing: be kind and be original.

I love acting. I was one of those dudes that was always in the plays in the church and at school.

The honesty of my material and my being vulnerable was from Richard Pryor. He doesn’t mind talking about his life, which is why I think he was one of the dopest to ever do it.

Chicago made me. They can treat me however they want to treat me anywhere else in the country. When I go back home, they treat me like I’m a star.

I’m a hip-hop head, but hip-hop actually introduced me to other genres of music because I started to wonder where a lot of these samples came from. So I fell in love with Bobby Womack or Willie Hutch because I wanted to know where those samples came from.

‘No Scrubs’ is a mean song for a lot of reasons. If you’re 18, 19-year-old guy, or even 17, your friend just got a license. You don’t have a real job yet. It’s like that song asks you to be an adult way faster than you should.

I’m a student of Comedy Central. It launched careers: Wanda Sykes and even Kevin Hart. The first time I was introduced to him, he was on Comedy Central. It puts you on the map… Hollywood knows now.

I want to do more films – not just comedies, because I really want to show my range.

I thought I would hate New York, but I love New York. I almost hate to say that being from Chicago.

Let me tell you, there’s nothing like pulling up to Fox Studios bumping Jeezy in your Mercedes.