As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets - but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.

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

When you're offstage, that's the footprint. That's the man God's gonna judge.

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

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.

If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that's bigger than anything else.

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.