Transcript for Amanda Seales talks about working on the show 'Insecure' and her new stand-up special

comedienne, actress deejay and you can currently catch her on the TV show "Insecure." Please welcome Amanda Seales. It's so nice to have you because we might have found competition for Michael. We normally tease him. He has 100 jobs. You, comedienne, actress, deejay, author, game show host. I mean, I'm from the caribbean. So that's, like, the cultural expectation. Yeah. That we have, you know, goes back to it. I have ten jobs, you know? But it's also, like, when you have been broke for a long time, you just find other ways to make the rent. Well, you're nailing that now. I'm nailing it. Yeah. Yeah. I figured it out. I'm with you. I got ten jobs and looking for 11. That's right. We love you in "Insecure." You play Tiffany. Big hit on HBO. You said you couldn't relate to your character at first, but now you can relate to your character. I mean, look at it. Like, she's -- you know what? In the beginning, Tiffany was very, like, prissy. I'm, like, whatever, guys. And as you can tell, like, I'm not like that. You know? So I think what she has become is just the truth teller in her friend group, and in the beginning I felt like she was petty. I'm not petty, like, when I tell you the truth it's because it's for the betterment of us all. Not because I'm trying to make you feel like some type of way. We're cool now. We're cool. I like it. Well, you got your masters degree from Columbia. Not bad. Not shabby. A degree in African-American studies with a concentration in hip-hop. It's expensive. So what did you write your thesis on? My thesis -- so, you know, the African-American narrative, it is martin Luther king day. Yes, it is. So the African-American narrative is a very important part of history because for a long time, we just didn't have -- it literally was illegal for us to learn how to write and read. So for us to begin to not only be able to do that, but also tell our own stories has been a very important part of the cannon of literature in America and in black culture, et cetera. I wrote my thesis on how the rap album is an extension of the African-American narrative. Even though it may not be written novel, it's a unique story telling device to tell our histories. Wow. Right. I be knowing. It's true, but it's fascinating that if you think that through and make a case, you could major or have a thesis in something that you are fascinated by. I was always trying to encourage kids and students that you can make this experience your experience. Curate this to be a part of your passion. If we lived in a world where people were actually doing the job that they were passionate about, not just the job they could get money doing, we would have a very different experience. Absolutely. Society would be different. You have a comedy special coming out. "I be knowing." It comes out January 26th. What draws you to comedy? What draws me to comedy is that I have found comedy to be a great place for me to be able to teach as well as make people laugh, like, you can tell I'm an academic. I created the show called "Smart, funny and black," which is a comedy game show that uses comedy and live music to teach people about black history, culture in the black experience and I couldn't have done that without the comedic over, you know -- Entertaining element. The entertaining element, and comedy has allowed me to use my academic love and my love of informing people, but to do it in a way that's palatable, and people receive it. And also, like, you can just be yourself, right? Right. I get to be myself. I get paid to be myself. Glad you are. And it's working for you. Thank you. Ten jobs. You know, I always say that. I get paid to be myself. You get paid to be yourself. We should do a job together. We would have 11 jobs being ourselves. Well, you know. We have a clip. We have a clip. Yes. I want to see it. Okay. And you know, black women -- We are the masters at compliments. We -- we have taking compliments down to a precise science of conciseness where we don't even say a full sentence. We just say at you what we're looking at on you. Okay, polka dots. That's so weird. It's so weird, but it's so true. Thank you. You're so true. Oh my gosh. You're welcome back any time. January 26th. You're going to want to see

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