Technically, I've learned that having good legs and wind is good for being on stage. You have to be in shape and have endurance.

I don't feel those limits when I'm on stage. For some reason, audiences let me get away with things. Remember, it's all comedy. Words. Thoughts. All thoughts are safe and worth exploring.

I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed.

I don't know if you've ever had just five dollars in the bank, but I've found that if that's all you have, you can't get it out.

...Then I got divorced and everything changed, and I became a father in a whole new way and found a whole new set of difficulties.

It's easier to cancel a show if it's expensive.

People are too afraid of uptown. A lot of people will tell you, like, "Don't go to Harlem. You can never go there. 'Cause as soon as you get there, they kill you." That's what people think. As soon as you arrive in Harlem, someone just stabs you in the face right away. That's people's image of Harlem: just everyone standing around waiting for lost white people to kill all day. "Did you see any? I didn't either."