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.

I've introduced myself with comedy, and once you've introduced yourself as something, that's where people keep you. That's where people like to hold you.

I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.

You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.

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.

I think a lot of TV insults the audience.

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