Quotes from Sam Richardson

I've worked on shows where it's fun; you want to hang out. If you're enjoying it, that's how you take ownership of it. You want to give to be a part of this thing. I feel that's the mood on the set of 'Detroiters.'

I'm really the only artist in my family. I have one cousin who is a painter. I think I developed all of that from television and books - from being, essentially, an only child. I'm my mom's only child and my dad's fourth child, but separated by 14 years.

With Richard Splett, he's like the only character on 'Veep' that has no angle. He's guileless. He also believes in the power of government.

I really enjoy 'Baskets.' I'm a big fan of 'Archer' and 'Mr. Robot.'

At Second City and improvising at iO, you're creating a character in an instant. All of a sudden, you're creating this history and this past for your character, and you're discovering it while you're doing it, and that's part of the fun of it.

I think Detroit deserves a comedy that's not about suffering.

I would love to carry on with Second City and see where that takes me, but it's always been a dream to work on 'Saturday Night Live' and do films.

I'm an audiophile and have been collecting records for as long as I can remember.

On 'Veep,' people are connecting with each other, even if they're making backhanded comments about somebody behind someone else's back.

What I find funny are peoples' blind spots. That's the funniest thing about anybody - when they just don't realize who they are. What's funny about seeing a hippo do ballet is it thinks it's a swan.

My cousin Dwayne was really the first person who was like, 'You're funny, man!' I was like, 'OK, sure.'

A record is kind of a piece of art itself, and it's such a tangible experience playing an LP end to end.

My mom is from Ghana, and my dad is from the States, so even in my family when I was growing up, my mom said I was the American one, and my dad said I was the weird African one.

I've eaten part of my tooth. I had a weird cavity that broke apart in my teeth - this is a bad story. I was eating and thought, 'It's like I'm swallowing rocks,' and then I checked and part of my tooth is missing. I ate it.

There's no place I love more than Detroit.

I grew up watching 'Ghostbusters.' I loved that movie before I knew it was a comedy! As a kid, I lived between Ghana and Detroit and in Ghana for, like, first and second grade. And I had a VHS tape of that, and I would watch it every day. It's kind of like why I got into comedy.

I use Postmates more than I use the actual telephone app on my phone.

There are people there who live, work, and have lives. Not everybody who lives in Detroit is a gangsta.

My mom is from Ghana, and my dad is from Detroit, so I would go back and forth to Africa a lot.

I grew up between Detroit and Ghana, and I had to make friends in an instant. It sharpened my wit, and also, just for my own sanity's sake, I felt like I wanted to entertain myself. So I'm going through all these experiences, and I ask myself, 'Is this crazy? Is it? Wait, what's so funny about this?'

I can do so many accents that I'll never be able to use. There aren't casting calls for a black guy to play a Scottish highlander. I can hope. I've got my brogue ready. I just need the opportunity!

It's hard to not act like a fan when you're in these scenes with your heroes, but you can't do that because you respect everybody so much.

I went to an all-boys high school, and I didn't realize I was going to a Catholic all-boys school until right before I got there. I was so bummed that it was all boys.

I think everybody, from whatever town they're from, knows their hometown commercials.