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

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

Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.

You don't see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can't play the game. I can't - my tolerance - I know I'm getting old; I'll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I'm getting old? 'Cause my tolerance level is low.

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.

Fear is not one of my attributes.

I don't ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.