I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.

You can't be a doctor if you don't know the entire parts of the body.

Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.

I'm not a star, I hate that word, and I'm an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I'm an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.

You can't change what happened. Just like you can't change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.

I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It's still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.