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

I have so much respect for what's funny.

I'm so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.

I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.

Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.

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