When your movie is hot, your options are crazy.

I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for Ray, I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.

You gotta have the balls to go out there and be funny, man.

I am a comedian and you guys know whatever I say, I don't mean any of it.

Yeah, anytime anybody has a kid, you know how you feel when you have a kid, you look at the world differently because your kid's in the world now. When it's just you, whatever happens happens but now you pay more attention to political things. You pay more attention to things because your daughter or your son has to deal with these circumstances.

You know what? I never really factor Hollywood into anything. I'm a black actor, so I can't really control what Hollywood thinks. I gotta go do my thing, and my jokes have got to be funny. Whatever I do has got to be great.

I would say my grandmother would be like my personal god.