Hillary Clinton could say she was a woman and running for president. And Sarah Palin could say she was a woman and running for vice-president. But Obama couldn't say, 'I'm black and I'm running for president.' It couldn't come out of his mouth. He couldn't say that because, if he did, he'd lose votes.

I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.

You know who you are. If my mother is a nun and someone comes up to me and they go, 'Your mother is a prostitute.' It is not going to bother me, because I know my mother is a nun, she's not a prostitute.

The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.

Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny.

There's no such thing as reverse racism.

I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive.