Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it.

It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do or should be.

Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can't become athletes. We're watching guys who actually made it. We see them dunking and making touchdowns. Then we think about ourselves when we were younger.

You do projects with the hope they will be big and hope they will go beyond what you imagine.

I get that racism exists, but it's not a catalyst for my content. I don't need to talk about race to have material. My style of comedy is more self-deprecating. I think that makes me more relatable. When you deal with 'topics' - race, white versus black - you're not separating from the pack. You're doing what everybody else is doing.

My Twitter reflects what's going on with me in my life.

Some people love so hard that they can't control those emotions when they're at their deepest point.