Chi McBride
I've had a lot of people tell me they wish I were their principal.
It is a different genre - a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I think it makes for very interesting television.
You have to take some dramatic license just to make it entertaining sometimes.
There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate.
Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainment.
Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication.
In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much.
I had spent many years before I was 31 hearing people tell me, Oh Man, you're so funny, you need to be in television. But that and a quarter won't get you on a bus.
I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.
It is a different genre - a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I think it makes for very interesting televisionCollection: Teacher
When you wear a fresh pair of shoes, you feel like you can never die. You feel like you're gonna live forever.Collection: Shoes
If you look hard enough, you can find race issues and racism in everything. I know people who say, 'See, I don't play pool 'cuz that's where the white ball chase the black ball off the table. So I prefer bowling, where the big black ball knock down the white pins with the red necks.'Collection: Issues
I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it.Collection: Tired
Someone said to me today, ‘Everybody loved PUSING DAISIES,’ I said, ‘No, they didn’t— that’s why I’m here today talking about a new show.’Collection: Talking
You have to take some dramatic license just to make it entertaining sometimesCollection: Sometimes
There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurateCollection: School
Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainmentCollection: Real