Interview with Myself... @therealamaru

TTH: Who are you?

Amaru: I am a man driven by the need to teach and show my children by example that they can succeed and not become a statistic.

TTH: Where are you from?

Amaru: I was born in Gary, Indiana and raised primarily in Kalamazoo, MI. I also spent some of my childhood in Arizona.

TTH: You say you have been doing Stand Up for 10 years. Why are you not famous? A lot of people have never heard of you. Which begs the question, are you funny?

Amaru: Wow! That's a loaded question and I'm the one asking them! Okay, the first part. Why am I not famous? Well, I have learned in this business that it's all about opportunity meets preparation. I've had many opportunities early on but like a teenager coming into their own you think you're ready when you're really not. Am I funny enough to be famous? I think so. I'm not funny just to be famous. Meaning, I don't do comedy just to be famous or the wealth... anymore. We all at some point in time have dreams bigger then life itself. I do it because I sincerely enjoy making people laugh. It is the truest form of joy. I come from a rough childhood as have a lot of Americans. I found that talking about it in a comedic format is a release for people who have gone through the same thing. A connection is made and now you have a new friend who's been on that ride before. If you get into this business just for the money and fame you'll lose everytime! This is an art form and should be respected! I've paid my dues and in due time you'll hear of me.

TTH: Do you think you will be famous?

Amaru: What do you consider to be famous? iLike "Drake" says, "I just wanna be successfull". (And a friend of mine said to me the other day) I think I will make it to where I'm supposed to be.

TTH: ...and that is?

Amaru: ...to the top of my game. I think I will make household name status. I don't just do comedy. I write films and make music as well. My children need to learn to be leaders in a world of bad leaders. We need to reinforce to the kids today that it's cool to dream and reach for it and not the video game controller.

TTH: It says in your BIO you have been in the entertainement business for 15 years. You were homeless correct?

Amaru: Yes. For a short time.

TTH: How do you become homeless after being in the business for 15 years?

Amaru: Some of those 15 years was paying dues and doing favors to get my foot in the door. Like, maybe writing a spec script... for free! Or doing a show for free... after driving a million miles to get to that free gig. I can't count how many times driving 200 miles for 5 or 10 minutes paid off! My ultimate struggle was having kids at a young age. When you have children it doesn't stop you from moving forward but it sho does put a monkey wrench in your dreams and your wallet! A few times in my career I didn't have a place. My family always did but I had too much pride sometimes to except the help that may have been offered to me.

TTH: Why the lack of stability?

Amaru: Chasing the dream. Making sacrifices that sometimes were counter productive in regards to my family. No communication skills between my young bride and myself. Sometimes it would even be my way or the highway frame of mind. I wanted the world to see what I had to offer it so bad. Sometimes just down right selfish. Ain't no sugar coatin it. I was the man of the house. I'm supposed to do right by my family a hundred percent of the time. Sometimes it was 85% of the time. My father didn't show me how to be a man so I was winging it with the the example my Grandpa set but my association with him was only when my real mother took us over there. She sheltered us. She was a strict bible thumpin Jehovah's Witness. I don't know. I really didn't have the support needed from my spouse and I WANTED IT SO BAD! I don't care how this sounds but I wanted my wife to be proud of me. I would damn near beg for it. We were young when we got together and we didn't have a game plan. It just happened. I did, however, tell her from day one that one day I was going to be famous and her and her mother looked at each other and laughed in my face.
Here it is today, I've been on television, worked on films, music videos. I have had movie deals, I worked for Master P. I am a music publisher SESAC affiliate and I do stand up around the country for a living. Get this. she has never told me in 17 years, "I'm proud of you". Reminds me of being a kid. I don't remember my real mother ever saying that and surely my father didn't. One of my foster parents said it to me before but other then that. That's why I make sure I let my kids know, Daddy is proud of you when they make accomplishments. Even when they fail sometimes. They need a boost in moral sometimes.

TTH: Did all that have a price?

Amaru: It sure did.

TTH: What was that?

Amaru: My marrige! My family!

Stay tuned for more of an "Interview with Myself" in the days to come. True stories from a comic that will tell you the truth about life through comedy... even about himself.

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A little about me... Amaru

AMARU BIO - Picture Bill Cosby raising his kid’s in the hood.

If you needed a license to be a Comic this guy has one. His father was a Pimp and his mother still is a Jehovah’s Witness. Need I say more? If that doesn’t earn him the right to do stand up nothing will. As a skilled and accomplished Screenwriter he can adapt to his environment and make any situation into a humorous story. His comedic story telling can be mesmerizing at times. The Screenwriter in him makes him visual but the kid and quick whit in him makes for a good time at any comedy club. His adolescence was spent in abusive situations and in and out of foster homes. He thought being in a foster home would be cool. He thought, Hey, it worked for Annie. But he forgot one thing. She was a cute little red head white girl. And hes a umm you’ll see him. The struggle began for this untapped and talented youth right out of High School. He joined the Military and when he got out he prayed to God and asked him to send him a beautiful woman so that he may blame her for his miserable life. He didn’t know he had to be specific. He just said beautiful. Later on, he experienced everything from being a Flight Attendant, Chemical Engineer to being a Body Guard. At the same time he began to explore his talents in Screenwriting and acting. Putting him at Hollywood premieres with the likes of Wesley Snipes, Jamie Foxx, Stephen Dorph and Shaq himself. Working on sitcoms and music videos such as THE PARKERS and JURASSIC 5s, THE INFLUENCE. Not bad, huh? As you know, with sudden success at a young age, a young wife, three kids, no guidance and real knowledge about life, came the problems of being a man without direction. Having children at a young age stunted and hindered his Hollywood growth. But as we all know, with failure comes success. In the mean time he’d began writing for a female comic known as, Celia Fox. He found Stand-up as a way to bring back his quick-witted high school, class clown antics. He saw how exciting and challenging Stand-up was and hopped on stage almost immediately. Three weeks after he began Stand-up he opened up for, Jurassic 5, at THE HOUSE OF BLUES in, Hollywood. This is almost unheard of in the business of Stand-up. Well, now you have him, a man who wasn’t handed a silver spoon in life. But was handed talents he had to learn to explore for the benefit of a family he wanted to have at a young age. Maybe he wanted to be validated as a man? Nevertheless, he learned about life the hard way and is able to turn tragedy into humor. Here is a man who is on the brink of stardom, who will definitely leave a mark in the entertainment world and spread his comedic message I SHOULD’VE PULLED OUT!!