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

I have so much respect for what's funny.

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.

I can act. I've been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don't nobody owe you nothing. You've go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z; you don't go from M to Z.

My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enforcer.

I don't need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don't need any of that.

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