Being a big star and being known, making movies and a lot of money - that really doesn't interest me.

I couldn't tell people what I wanted to do because I was from Atlanta. You don't tell people you're gonna be a comedian in Atlanta. That means you ain't gonna do nothing.

When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through.

I've got a big closet of scripts, and a big stack of scripts on the side of my desk, because you get a whole bunch. Nothing's going to be perfect, and I realize that; but I am a perfectionist, so you go through a lot of stuff.

What!? You tell people that, I won't get no more black movies?

I couldn't imagine not having clean water.

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.