Donald Glover
Donald Glover
Donald McKinley Gloveris an American actor, writer, comedian and musician. As a recording artist, he usually performs with the stage name Childish Gambino. While as a disk jockey, he performs under the name mcDJ. He first came to attention for his work with Derrick Comedy and, with the help of Tina Fey, was hired at the age of 21 to become a writer for the NBC comedy series 30 Rock. He later played college student Troy Barnes on the NBC...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth25 September 1983
CityEdwards Air Force Base, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I keep it wrapped until i meet the right one 'Cause I ain't Mumford, I ain't trying to have sons
I'm trying hard not to use a specific reference, but you'll probably know it's you after the first sentence.
I try and go to as many places as possible. It's really cool that I even get to see different places.
I try to be me to the utmost.
It seems the more I try to connect with the world, I am feeling more alone than I ever have felt before
I felt like high school for me was like a big whirlpool of me trying to figure out what was OK for me to do.
A lot of the rap shows I saw as a kid were boring, but if you went to a Rage show or a Justice show, the kids were losing their minds.
I started doing '30 Rock' and started writing 'Mystery Team' at the beginning of that. While I was doing 'Mystery Team,' I started practicing stand-up. While I was doing stand up, I got 'Community.' It's like I planted trees six years ago, and now they have fruit.
The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool.
I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.
Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room.
I hope a kid listens to my stuff, I hope there's a change made and at least somebody walks away with: "I'm doing this because I like it." People are going to hate it and that's okay, but I have to do it because my happiness is important too, it's worth it.
I hope people come to the shows because they feel like there's something there that I can't necessarily articulate, but it's real and it's fun.
A lot of my sketches came from thoughts, and I always just wanted to act them out.