Being a melting pot is what I think is great about being American, and also that we get to do something that other people don't get to do, we get to be a hyphenate. That's a good thing.

For me, as a child, I certainly thought that there were more black people in the world than white people.

We share plates [with Jordan Peele], and we also very often will sit in the corner and kind of speak in our own language.

When you're a child, the most important thing is to be able to live a life of comfort. You want to be sure that the moon goes up at night and the sun comes up in the morning and dad comes home from work.

If I could just get over my issues of wanting people to like me.

Surprise is not humor. I think that there can be a fine line there.

I want people to say, "Oh my God, I'm laughing out loud at television."