Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, television and radio host and actor. He is the host of American late-night comedy/commentary television program The Daily Show, succeeding Jon Stewart...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth20 February 1984
CityJohannesburg, South Africa
adding difficult harsh hatred help paths subjects tackle
You have two choices, two paths to take as a comedian. You can tackle the difficult subjects and be harsh about it, be brash, be abrasive. But adding hatred to racism is not going to help everybody. So I like to have fun around it.
change gonna happens people tackle worst
We get angry about the small things sometimes, I feel, so that we feel like we're doing something, so that we don't have to tackle the big things. And it's fine; let people do that. But I'm not gonna now change because of that. You know? Like, the worst thing that happens to me is you don't like me. And then what?
laugh share
If you laugh with somebody, then you know you share something.
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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.
among history strongest
If you look at it, the history of comedy has always been strongest among the nations who have been persecuted the most.
impatient love nor
I've never been afraid to fall in love, nor impatient to find it.
arrested dad mom spend weekends
My mom used to get arrested for being with my dad. She would get fined. She would spend weekends in jail.
country nine people tabloids taking ten trying
I live in a country where I'd say nine out of ten people know me when I walk through the streets. There's people taking pictures, there's tabloids trying to make up stories. I'm used to that. The same thing when I'm in Australia or the U.K.: I get stopped.
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My mom, through my dad, rented the apartment next door to his... he had the lease on both places. But then, she would dress up and act like his maid... a practical maid. No fantasies.
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The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.
break heal thick
I don't think I have thick skin, but I heal fast. It's easy to break through, but I heal fast.
age clicks wants
We live in the Internet age. Everyone wants clicks. Clicks are what sells.
dancing felt life loose music people watching
I don't know how to let loose when I'm dancing to the music and the people that made the music are watching me. I've never felt so much pressure in my life.
hollywood leave machine people
I'm not a big Hollywood guy. I don't know how the machine works. I leave that to people better than myself.