Malcolm-Jamal Warner Quotes & Sayings

“Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself.”

“Mr. Cosby wanted to do a show not about an upper-middle-class black family, but an upper-middle-class family that happened to be black. Though it sounds like semantics, they're very different approaches.”

“I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.”

“A lot of times what happens is, not even just with child actors, but people in general, is they get so caught up in the now. The hot song, the hot TV show, the hot movie. You're not saying 'OK, this is cool, but where am I trying to be 20 years from now?' That's always been in the forefront of my mind.”

“I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.”

“I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do. I never wanted to look at character I've done and cringe.”

“I planned so well for my post-'Cosby Show' life that I don't have to make desperate acting choices that conflict with what my values.”

“People kind of have a misconception, because when someone calls me Theo and I correct them, say, 'No, my name is Malcolm,' they think I have an attitude about it and I don't want to be associated with the show.”

“African-Americans are not a monolithic group. So, we tend to talk about the black community, the black culture, the African-American television viewing audience, but there are just as many facets of us as there are other cultures.”

“Being a celebrity can be very intoxicating and very addicting. And I've always been afraid of that, because I've grown up post-almost every child star out there who has gone wayward.”