I try to impart this when people say they want to be a writer and they want to go into show biz. I say, "Well, have you taken any courses? You can't just have a passion for it; you have to prepare yourself for a life of it."

The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them.

I started as a standup comic and an actor.

I've always felt like I had a guardian angel in some of those ways.

It almost seems like God is transforming into just a strictly spiritual advisor, a personal-transformation type of figure more than an explainer of the world, you know?

I don’t want to slam somebody else’s religion. I mean as a Catholic, we’re basically cannibals: We eat Jesus every Sunday, you know? So who am I to say your religion is creepy?

You know that sadness and rage you feel about your money? That's the way some of us feel about people.