Early in my career it was very important that I gain the reputation. I haven't been on the road in two or three years, but when I say tickets are on sale, I know they're going to be gone, even if my movie bombed or my TV show sucked.

I had always been - everybody kind of likes comedy. I was very interested in comedy, beyond just liking it. I had friends that took apart radios; I wanted to take apart jokes.

The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people.

When you're white, the sky's the limit. When you're black, the limit's the sky.

Just to be clear, Ray Rice was not fired for beating his wife. He was fired because a video of him beating his wife was released.

You can only offend me if you mean something to me.

When you make drama you are like Picasso. Drama is whatever you want it to be.