Tiffany Haddish Asked Marlon Wayans Why His Family Never Cast Her In Their Movies Despite Auditioning: “You Was Always On 10”
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During an interview with us in 2016, Haddish said she often leaned on the fact that she could make people laugh to cover up other struggles in her life, including illiteracy when she was in school.
“I was excellent at making people laugh and getting people to do things for me,” she said. “All I knew were my ABCs and like three-letter words and McDonald’s. Things you see every day. So I was a professional cheater. I saw this movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and that movie is the basis of my existence. I was getting beat up in school, picked on and all of that. And when that detective said to the rabbit, ‘Why are people doing these things for you?’ He said, ‘Because I make ’em laugh, Eddie. If you make ’em laugh, they’ll do anything for you.’ And I was like, ‘That’s what I’m gonna do! I’m going to make the smart kids laugh, and they’ll let me copy their homework. Maybe someone can teach me to do this and that.’ I fit into every circle because I needed to copy [laughs].”
HOLLYWOOD, CA – MARCH 08: Actress Tiffany Haddish attends a Pre-LAFW benefit in support of the Women Like Us Foundation at Lexington Social House on March 8, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
