I was a chemical engineer in school. And, randomly, an ex-girlfriend dared me to do a play. Ato Essandoh chemicaldareengineer Change image and share on social
I was in chemical engineering at Cornell University. My girlfriend at the time dared me to do a play. I knew there was something I wanted, not necessarily engineering. Ato Essandoh chemicalcornelldare Change image and share on social
I love the notion of a dude sitting there with an untuned guitar tapping his foot and just singing his passion out; that's what got me into music in the first place. Ato Essandoh dudefootguitar Change image and share on social
What's nice about having an engineering degree is everybody thinks you are smart. Ato Essandoh degreeengineernice Change image and share on social
Another benefit of going to Cornell is that 90 percent of your friends are doctors. Ato Essandoh benefitcornelldoctor Change image and share on social
Traveling, I've met Ghanaian people who have seen me in minor stuff, but they see the name Ato Essandoh, and they recognize it as a Ghanaian name. They come up to me and are always so excited. You don't think about it, but they really absorb American culture. Ato Essandoh absorbamericanato share on social
When 'Goodfellas' is on TNT, and they've taken out all the curse words and put Tide commercials in the middle of it, I'll still watch 'Goodfellas' because it's that great of a movie. Ato Essandoh commercialcursegoodfella Change image and share on social
Once you get my snark going, I'll just start snarking it up all over Twitter. Ato Essandoh snarksnarkingstart Change image and share on social
When you're a guest star on a movie or a TV show, I always say it's like being invited to a family reunion, but it's not your family. So you don't belong - they're being nice to you, but you don't fit in completely; you don't know everybody's story. You don't have a history. Ato Essandoh belongcompletelyfamily share on social
The Chinese Student Association at Cornell put together their own play. It was all Asian people in the cast except for me, because they wanted to do a couple of scenes about an interracial relationship. I was the only non-Asian person on stage; the entire audience was Asian apart from my 10 friends that showed up. Ato Essandoh asianassociationaudience share on social