Even when I was an engineer, I was a comic on my job. At birthday and holiday parties, I was the one scheduling and emceeing. If you work on your gift, and you’re good, it will shine through. – Loni Love
The thing is, it’s that Detroiters are hard workers. We’ve always been hard workers, even when times are down. I’ve been able to take that with me, that work ethic, to help me build my career. – Loni Love
When we heard that little dial-up sound, that eeeeee, and then you connected, and you then go and you check your mail and you get that ‘you got mail,’ you were excited. I mean, that was the thing. – Loni Love
Being in the Girl Scouts took me out of the projects environment and showed me different things. – Loni Love
The president of CBS handpicked me for the ‘Star Search’ revival, which Arsenio Hall hosted. He picked 12 comics, and I was the only female. I always look to that as inspiration. – Loni Love
I started by doing a little funny story, and then I started going to open mics. I realized I had a lot of work to do – you have to get over the stage fright and get your stage presence up. It took me some time, but I finally feel that I’m at a point where I feel comfortable on stage and giving my point of view. – Loni Love
I think that, for so long, there was only one type of actor, and now you see these different colors, different people, different shapes and different sizes. It just makes it more interesting. – Loni Love
I have relationships. I date. But it takes a lot to say I’m going to be married and have children. – Loni Love
At my job, my manager had a massive heart attack; we had layoffs. It made me realize that nothing is certain, nothing is for sure, and if I’m going to make a move, I gotta make a move now. – Loni Love
I do talk about celebrity relationships like Kim Kardashian’s. I like to find the humor in love. – Loni Love
I don’t have a lot of time for television because I am making it, so it’s really hard for me to sit down. But when I do get a chance, I try to catch up on ‘Scandal,’ ‘Empire’ and ‘black-ish.’ – Loni Love
I keep doing stand-up because the world needs laughter – there’s always something happening in the country and in the world. That’s why I wanted to become an entertainer: to help people forget about their problems for a little while. – Loni Love
Seriously, I love my gays. They accept me, and I accept them. Imperfections and all, we accept each other. – Loni Love
I always tell people if you want to do something, go to a great comedy show. And that’s what I try to do: give people a really good comedy show. – Loni Love
Everybody wants to say females aren’t as funny as men. That’s not true. You just don’t see as many because it takes a lot to do this occupation. – Loni Love