When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.
As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.
Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.
Dancing With the Stars' is so Middle America, and people take it so seriously.
Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.
I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.