I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy.

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 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.

Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.

I'm not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.

It's a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.

I don't have no story. Everybody wants this Hollywood story, but the world don't owe you nothing, man. It's what you owe the world.