A lot of comedians are selfish.

I did a club one night - the speakers were old as hell. My jokes were coming out in black and white.

I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.

You can wait for things to happen for you or you can make things happen for you.

I'm street smart. You can't con me. But that's just from living in New York. Now if a guy came from Mississippi somewhere, Ohio somewhere, to New York City for the first time, he don't have the street smarts. You can take him.

I admire Russell Simmons. He is a successful dude that has done a little bit of everything. He keeps it moving, and he's still doing things. Larry David is also amazing. He is honest and blunt. A creative genius.

I believe, even when I'm doing my standup or my acting or whatever I'm doing, I believe in painting pictures.