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
voting done i-realized
We always look at gerrymandering and what it has done to voting in America, but what I realized the other day is that the news has somehow become gerrymandered and is continuing to be gerrymandered in America.
doors play add
I often feel like the woman in your life is your driving force. She's your muse. She plays a big role in determining how confident you feel when you walk out the door. She can add 1,000 kilowatts of energy - or drain that out of you. She said, "No, you're not that funny." I thought, She knows better than anyone.
gay rights progressive
In an American context, let's say gay rights or marriage policy - that's a progressive thing. I understand that in an American context.
ebola people identity
I love ebola jokes. When done in the right way, maybe it gets people to learn about ebola, to learn about the stigmas behind the identities held by Africans and so on.
news spheres normal
There's news that happens in different spheres and can be made just as funny, but it's not necessarily in the normal news medium.
white people black
When I first started doing comedy, there was no such thing as a room that had black people and white people in it. That didn't exist.
comedian world comedy
Comedy is crowded. There are hundreds of comedians in every place in the world.
citizens world
I've lived many places all over the world, so I've always seen myself as a citizen of the world.
laugh share
If you laugh with somebody, then you know you share something.
impatient love nor
I've never been afraid to fall in love, nor impatient to find it.
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.
comedians comedy deeper laugh nature people relevant socially
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.
fan issues lives people playing race recurring though
I've always been a fan of issues around race and racialism, and I've loved playing with it. People act as though it isn't an issue, but it's a recurring theme in our lives globally.
family kicked
I was the first in my family to board an airplane. I was the first in my family to get kicked off an airplane.