Comedians and people in general have a cultural right to talk about their own culture and race.

You don't become a Republican until you lose all your baby teeth and fall down a lot and get the croup and then become angry and bitter.

When we're talking about feminism, I get sort of lost in the argument. Because as a woman of color, I don't know where I belong in this argument. Where do I say, 'I would be happy to have less money'? How do you fight for your rights when I'm super-grateful to be here at all?

I love fashion, I'm actually a pretty talented seamstress, so I can make stuff for myself, but that's really time-consuming.

My life is anything but typical.

I don't want to bring myself down to place where there are hard and fast rules. In general I try to be compassionate, but that is dependent on the moment ultimately.

In the early '90s, there was such a limited idea of what you could see on TV.