Immigrants have been coming here for a long time. The Americans that are afraid of others coming were immigrants once themselves, so they have a lot of nerve. We have a lot of nerve as a country. The only people that should have xenophobia are Native Americans. Everyone else should shut up.

You've got to keep moving, keep creating.

Hey man! I'm a comedian but I'm not a clown.

That's what I take pride in in my stand-up, is changing things up. Being special.

I went to University of Illinois. Big school. 35,000 students. 800 black... I was the only black in every class. Hard to be absent.

If Mandela were a comedian, I bet he would never get mad at a heckler, he'd give him or her a hug.

I want to be able to go into a room of aliens and be funny. I don't care who it is. I don't ever want to limit myself to a type of comedy because I don't want to be stuck. I want to be able to make anybody laugh and that's the key for me.