Kenan Thompson Professions : Actor Born : May 10, 1978 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Kenan Thompson There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life. Kenan Thompson successful pressure kids Never thought I'd be a bobble-head, but little did I know. Kenan Thompson knows littles Kids have awkward moments. Kenan Thompson awkward moments kids Singing a melody is like a lot of easier and when you sing harmony you have to really kind of know music and listen to the music and be able to hear the notes or whatever. Kenan Thompson harmony singing kind I was a good student in school. Kenan Thompson good-students students school I owe a lot to Nickelodeon. Kenan Thompson nickelodeon I always just want to do non-typical voices for some reason. Kenan Thompson typical voice want It's just a challenge doing live television every week, you know, it's a challenge to come up with new material every week and stuff like that and try to keep it current, you know what I mean, like it's just, you know, it's a kind of a stressful environment. Like I didn't really realize that we had a show this Thursday until yesterday. Kenan Thompson challenges trying mean I'm a happy person, and I want everybody else to be happy. Nothing wrong with that. Kenan Thompson happy-person persons want I was always pretty funny with my friends. Kenan Thompson my-friends I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them. Kenan Thompson just-being want writing You try to go with something that's familiar to people and that way they can jump on board with what you're trying to do basically. I only mimic people that really have like interesting voices because it's really hard to mimic like someone who just talks regularly like me like there's nothing fun about that. Kenan Thompson fun people interesting My immediate family is real close-knit. Kenan Thompson immediate-family real I got good at trying to throw a voice on a character from the very beginning as opposed to like reading it and sitting with it and mulling over it and stuff like that just try to read what it is and then try to put a funny voice to it like as soon as possible and stuff like that. Once you get laughs with your voice then you can start thinking about, you know the physical characteristics and how they might walk or if they stick out their buck teeth or if they wear an afro and stuff like that. I think like finding the voice of the character helps to like build the wardrobe and everything else. Kenan Thompson thinking-about-you reading character I don't know if people really know, when you shoot a TV show like you're really family and it really works, it's because it seems real to everybody, even to us. We were all so very close. Kenan Thompson like-you real people I just try to deliver the laughs every time I get the opportunity. Kenan Thompson just try opportunity time I wish we could just pick up and do 'Kenan & Kel: The Grown-Up Years,' getting everyone back working together. I feel like it would be an awesome moment for everybody. Kenan Thompson feel moment working-together together I used to go trick-or-treating all the time. When I was young we had the plastic mask with the rubber band that would cut your face, and you couldn't breathe and it was really sweaty! I had the Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man. I used to love the Incredible Hulk, and then one year I had the great idea to be Mr. T, and that was an awesome costume too. Kenan Thompson face you time love I'm a fan of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and all these people. If I could end up like Jonah Hill, winding up in a Brad Pitt movie, that would be awesome. Kenan Thompson end like hill people I've always just tried to continue to be a working actor and let the work speak for itself as opposed to promoting myself as someone who needs to be in everybody's living room. Kenan Thompson someone myself speak work Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
