I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me.

I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.

You can't avoid pain in life. It's how you handle pain, that's what defines you.

I think the reason Jesus is so popular, just on a celebrity level, is that he died at the peak of his career.

It's not all about love. That's half of it... The other half is about that moment you have with yourself when you're looking in the mirror, and you just go, 'Oh man. I'm going to compromise my dreams, get fat, sick, old and die someday. I kind of want to have someone around for that.'

Comics seemed to have a handle on things. They could sort of disarm and get control over reality. I found it very comforting to laugh.

I immediately went out and bought a book on anger management. And now I have that book, and I don't know if I'll get to the book. But I'm certainly excited about the day where I can't find the book, and I get to say, 'Where the hell is my anger management book?!'