I told a joke and people laughed and it was the best feeling. I knew I wanted to do this as a career. I never knew I could get such a high from telling a joke. There's something so extraordinary about having people listening to you and hanging onto your words - it's a great feeling.

I think you've got to have a depth, a deeper depth to take stand-up into acting, but I think it really helps you as a stand-up to home into different characters and stuff easily.

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?

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

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

I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.