In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much.

I had spent many years before I was 31 hearing people tell me, Oh Man, you're so funny, you need to be in television. But that and a quarter won't get you on a bus.

Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication.

I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it.

If you look hard enough, you can find race issues and racism in everything. I know people who say, 'See, I don't play pool 'cuz that's where the white ball chase the black ball off the table. So I prefer bowling, where the big black ball knock down the white pins with the red necks.'

You have to take some dramatic license just to make it entertaining sometimes

Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainment