Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that's why everybody loved him so much.

I don`t like people that make their living talking about bullshit, and you see them in many shows that are made on the same subject. When you go looking at UFOs or bigfoot or what-have-you, there's just nothing there.

If you haven't peed the bed, you haven't taken enough chances.

When you're standing around for an hour doing stand up it's no big deal but when you're standing around watching a show for an hour - it's a big difference. It's annoying - your feet hurt, your back hurts - it's just not the most comfortable way to see stand-up comedy.

There's a classic story I tell about when I did the Man Show about the retarded conversations that you have with the executive producers and the network.

If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.