Tumi Morake

"Comedy is not a joke. The industry is so huge in America. In New York I know I can play, I get on to stages I want to get on, I get the time I want, but in Atlanta it’s still hard, it’s very cliquey, …"

"What other people see, I don’t care. It’s about what am I enjoying. I like a nice life. I like to pour petrol without having to check how much it costs ... that’s how I treat my money."

"When I make money, the reason I don’t drive fancy cars, 10 of them parked outside my house is because I am building here. I want a comfortable life."

"I love a role that I can ground somewhere in myself. There are actors who love to extend themselves, I like to find extensions of myself."

"I actually didn’t want to relocate to be honest, but my husband wanted to, it’s a conversation we had from before we even got married. He’d been to New York and he’s like America is the place to be."

"So we where going to move to New York and then the pandemic happen, and then the budget was like...."

"Oh no honey, see I don’t play... Let me tell you something, I am not a celebrity, I am not here to shine on a red carpet."

"I was very clear about why I wanted to be in this industry ... The first thing I said to myself was that I will never be a starving artist, and I have never been a starving artist."