I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.

When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je'Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.

You can't change what happened. Just like you can't change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.

Hugs aren't like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.

I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.

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.