trevor noah

“ I don't know how to let loose when I'm dancing to the music and the people that made that music are watching me. I've never felt so much pressure in life. ”

“ Whilst my mother couldn't give me access to the world, she at least made sure to let me know it existed. ”

“ If you stop to consider the ramifications, you'll never do anything. ”

“ I'm not a big Hollywood guy. I don't know how the machine works. I leave that to people better than myself. ”

“ I like the anonymity, the fact that you're a stranger making strangers laugh. You aren't forcing them to laugh - it's involuntary, and that's when they give the most honest response. ”

“ Love is a creative act. When you love someone you create a new world for them. My mother did that for me, and with the progress I made and the things I learned, I came back and created a new world and a new understanding for her. ”

“ You cannot blame anyone else for what you do. You cannot blame your past for who you are. You are responsible for you. ”

“ People are willing to accept you if they see you as an outsider trying to assimilate into their world. But when they see you as a fellow tribe member attempting to disavow the tribe, that is something they will never forgive. ”

“ A dog is a great thing for a kid to have. It's like a bicycle but with emotions. ”

“ I was born in South Africa during apartheid, a system of laws that made it illegal for people to mix in South Africa. And this was obviously awkward because I grew up in a mixed family. My mother's a black woman, South African Xhosa woman... and my father's Swiss, from Switzerland. ”