Everybody was telling me to sit my ass down. Everybody was telling me to get a real job. Everybody was asking me, "What are you doing? You're ruining your life. You're embarrassing your family." That's all I got. So you can't listen to that. You have to listen to yourself.

If I see someone not laughing, the first thing I'm thinking is, "OK, am I cursing too much? Am I doing a joke he doesn't understand? Is he resting?" Then he starts becoming my focal point. Once I see him laugh, I'm like, [snap] "All right, now I'm funny."

You can't rush good wine. It has to sit. And when you finally drink it, it's the bomb. It's worth the wait.

My job is to bring the tickle. I know what's funny.

I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy.

I didn't realize the age thing until I got hired and everybody was telling me I was f - -ing old.

The way we value black beauty has changed. I'm single now, but back in the slave days, I would have never been single. I'm 6 feet tall and I'm strong. Look at me, I'm a Mandingo.