Quotes from Derek Waters

I think if there's anything that can help fat kids get out of the house and anybody to move, it's a positive thing.

My dream is to be able to make something in Baltimore that's just there. Make a movie or make a show there. I only left because there wasn't any opportunity except being an extra in Barry Levinson or John Waters movies.

I like discovering stories where I'm laughing and I'm learning. It's like, 'How was I never taught that in school?'

If life is too short, get off the floor at the hotel bar. How can you go big if you're on the floor? I don't understand it.

People are proud to be from Baltimore. In any industry you work in, you need support to survive. And this city has that support for anyone who was born here or lived here. And it also gives you the feeling, 'Oh, I stand for this place. And if I do something I'm not proud of, I might not make my town proud.' And I want to make Baltimore proud.

I love stories, and as I got older, I realized how important what happened yesterday is to how you try to make your present better.

I'm a comedy snob, and I never want anything that I do to get old.

People have been sharing pictures of their food for as long as there's been caves.