When you sing R&B songs in front of an audience, you look out and there's 85% women. I think R&B music is sort of designed for a man singing to a woman. I don't sing it like the sexy thing, but sort of pseudo-sexy. We rally the women together because it's about being independent and things like that.

My Grandmother would say, 'Make sure you look good. Make sure you speak well. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I've taught you to be.'

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

When your movie is hot, your options are crazy.

Every two, three years there is a movie about the Holocaust because they want you to remember and they want you to be reminded of what it was. When was the last time you seen a movie about slavery?

I'm a southern gentleman.

All of us black comedians are trying to be mainstream, but you don't want to lose the edge.