Damon Wayans, Jr. Quotes

If I could have a superpower, I would choose the ability to make people’s heart stop, if I just point at them.

Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.

The key qualities all successful people share are drive, and belief in themselves.

My uncle Shawn used to stay with us when we were really young, and I used to come downstairs and see him break dancing on this piece of a cardboard. I probably always thought they were cool since then. I never knew his comedy, but I used to always see him break dancing. And he was terrible at it.

If you have the ability and want it bad enough, do it!

I don’t think I’ve ever had my heart broken, because I’m a man. I laughed it off, and then went and had sex with about 16 women, all unprotected.

I wanted to be an animator originally. I went to art school; I went to art college and everything. But that screen was just calling me.

My dad was pretty strict. We didn’t even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn’t even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he’s pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17… he didn’t play around.

What excites me is danger! I like to do daring things. I’ve bungee jumped three times. The only thing I haven’t tried is skydiving.

I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible.