When it comes to success, society often pushes this idea of hyper-focus and insane dedication. Comedian Jay Pharoah explained how wandering, traveling and taking gambles has pushed both his acting and comedy to the next level. "I feel like this is the year of me really coming into myself with everything — with acting, with stand-up, even with music," he told on me on "Salon Talks."
Pharoah is most known for being a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" and being the best impressionist of all time— mastering the voices of Barack Obama, Kevin Hart, Jay-Z, Eddie Murphy, Bernie Mac and Chris Rock, to name a few. Being an industry master at anything makes it hard for fans to see you as something else. For Pharoah, that other something is dramatic acting — an art he's been practicing since he was a teenager growing up in Virginia.
