I like the tradition of the Oscars. I like that some of the greatest comedians ever have hosted the show.

After I left high school and got my GED, I studied broadcast journalism for a year at a community college.

I don't think my comedy is that political. It's more social. But whatever. When you make comedy and you do stand-up, you work alone. Movies have to go under so much scrutiny. A stand-up special is a vision, and a movie is a consensus in a lot of ways.

Emotional affairs, those are the only real affairs; those are the real ones.

Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?

I got love from my family. I don't really need love from a paper, you know what I mean? I can't get too happy because somebody said something nice about me. I appreciate it, but let's not get it twisted - this is not changing my life.

I'm old enough to remember when there were no black quarterbacks - there were no blacks on TV. I hope my son or daughter doesn't have to be as fixated on race as I am, because he or she will grow up in freer times.