My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.
That's the whole key to anything: Don't be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you've learned your lesson.
I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney and Joan Crawford and Red Skelton and those guys and Bill Cosby. They did quality and substance. You always remember them.
Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.