America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself.

I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then trap them.

When you know who you are, you know who you are. That's the real dangerous thing in Hollywood, because they all want to create you and mold you.

Whatever that thing is that white people like in blacks, I don't have it. Maybe it's my arrogance or my self-assurance or the way I carry myself, but whatever it is, I don't have it.

A new broom can sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is.

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.

There's always a message in my comedy.