I am now half Asian. I have learned all the ancient teachings of Buddi.

Making people laugh is giving, and it's healing, too, when people can go up to the movies and forget about their problems. It's a good thing. That's why I want to work.

One thing about me, when I make a decision about something, I realize when you make choices in life, that dictates your life.

I wanted to cut down on the profanity, because I think I'm funnier without sayin' a lot of cuss words.

Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was doing - stand-up comedy and eventually acting - were in Los Angeles.

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.

A black President? Now come on y'all, we got Clinton, that's close. He got negro tendencies.