I'm racist against non-black people.

The fact of the matter is, you can't do comedy unless someone is behaving badly. Otherwise, it's not a comedy.

I'm adopted, so I didn't know my father, but apparently he was pretty tall.

I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.

There is no top. You are never going to reach the top if you go for success. That way lies madness.

My favorite, favorite, favorite, and the greatest comedian that could ever exist if you could Frankenstein a comedian together, would be one part Richard Pryor, one part Peter Sellers. That would be the greatest comic actor.

I think the reason I went into theater, ultimately, was because that was one of multicultural groups. Because you identify with other people that share similar passions to you, so it didn't matter how much melanin was in their skin.