I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn't changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.

You know you poor when you eatin' breakfast food late. You fryin' toast? At nine o'clock at night? With bacon? You're broke.

Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? 'Cause he had problems.

Bernie Mac don't sugarcoat.

I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.

Making people laugh is what I've been doing since I was like four or five years old. I still have a lust, I still have a passion. I don't care about how I look, I'm dedicated to the laughs.