There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black.

If you take something like the slave-auction sketch, the warmth of the light gives it a crisp 12 Years a Slave look. And your eye tells your brain, "I should be taking this seriously."

Do what you love in your community.

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

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.

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

I get overwhelmed when I approach things intellectually.