Quotes from Anjelah Johnson

My sister was always supportive. When I first moved to L.A., she was like 'I know you can do it!' But my parents, in the beginning, not so much. They were kinda like, 'I'll believe it when I see it.' But when I actually started booking things, my dad was like, 'Oh, I knew it all along.'

I'm so lucky to do what I do, traveling across the country and making people laugh.

One of the first jokes I wrote was this nail salon bit that ended up blowing up on YouTube. That's kind of what propelled me into standup.

I'm Mexican. I eat salsa with everything.

Once, I was doing Bon Qui Qui in Miami, and this black girl was in the audience, and she yelled out, 'That's not funny!' which was really funny because she sounded exactly like the character I was playing.

I'm from San Jose, CA, which is very diverse, and I grew up around a lot of different types of people.

I've realized that I can never not do the nail salon joke, and I will have to talk about Bon Qui Qui for eternity.

Nobody wanted to help me get my start, not to mention it's tough being a female in a man's world of stand-up comedy. It's a very competitive world, and it was a challenge to find my own voice, stick to my guns.

I think people know what they're getting with my name, because they've seen my specials on Netflix.

I'm a very observational storyteller, and I'm always relational - a lot of stories stem from relationships, whether it's me with my husband, me with my mom or my siblings.

I like to be the only one who uses my toothbrush.

Don't try to be anyone else. Don't try to emulate what someone is doing. Play to your strengths.

Everyone who comes to my show has their own struggles. There's so many people dealing with so many things; I love that I get to be part of their healing process by making them laugh.

Deep down inside, I'm really a black girl stuck in a Mexican girl's body. But I'm also in touch with my inner white girl and my inner Asian girl. I feel like a little bit of everybody.

I've been doing the Vietnamese nail lady impressions since my mom first took me to get my nails done when I was 12.

My stand-up is clean; it's not too edgy. I've played it safe since the beginning.