I prefer the smaller budget versus the bigger budget because the mentality that goes along with big budget filmmaking doesn't really suit me; the mind-set that money is the answer.

Biography
Wayans was born in New York City son of Howell Wayans a supermarket manager and his wife Elvira a homemaker and social worker. In Living Color


Characters
Death Row Comic (Prison Cable Access)
Frenchie
Ice Man (Homeboy Shopping Network)
Tom Brothers (The Brothers Brothers)
Wes (Wes & Less)


Impressions
Arsenio Hall
Billy Dee Williams
Don Cornelius
Jesse Jackson
Little Richard
Mike Tyson
Marsha Warfield
Milli (Rob Pilatus) of Milli Vanilli
Morgan Freeman (such as Hoke Colburn from Driving Miss Daisy Principal Joe Clark from Lean On Me)
Rick James
Steve Harvey
Carl Weathers (as Apollo Creed)


Filmography


Writing/producing/directing credits
Hollywood Shuffle (1987) (and writer)
Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987) (producer)
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) (writer and director)
In Living Color (1990–1992; 2013- ) (executive producer director and creator/writer)
The Five Heartbeats (1991) (writer)
A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) (writer and director)
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) (producer)
The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show (1997) (executive producer)
Most Wanted (1997) (executive producer and writer)
Scary Movie (2000) (actor and director)
Scary Movie 2 (2001) (director and actor)
White Chicks (2004) (producer director)
Little Man (2006) (producer writer director)
Dance Flick (2009) (producer writer)
It Takes A Village (TBA) (writer director). Personal life
Wayans is a vegetarian and a supporter of the animal rights group PETA.

He briefly hosted his own show called The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. Keenen Ivory Wayans (born June 8 1958) is an American actor comedian director and writer known as the host and creator of the FOX sketch comedy series In Living Color.