What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? I would say, for me, that philosophical treatise about having black beginnings and wanting love to compensate for that, wanting audiences and wanting attention - I say, "Au contraire." Completely opposite. I want the continuation of my mother's incredible love and attention to me.

My God, I'd love to smash into the casket of Dostoyevsky, grab that bony hand and scream at the remains, 'Well done, you god-damn genius.'

Ill just say whats in my heart: Ba-bump, ba-bump, ba-bump.

Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.

I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.

When you get big special effects pictures, sci-fi and things, there's little or no comedy. Or it's a domestic comedy and there's not one special effect. But very rarely do these things fuse and come out right.

You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.