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.

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.

People think I'm an overnight success. No. It's just that you all found me overnight.

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

There is no such thing as getting anything easy. Trust and believe. Even if you're good at what you do, you still should be practicing, you still should be updating, especially. Because if you don't update, you become a dinosaur.

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