When I was 16 or 17, I saw Lenny Bruce being taken to jail. They took him off stage because he talked about race.

You can't pick when you're touched. You can't pick the time. It just is. It's the reality. What it is, is. I can't change the past. I can only deal with the present and the future.

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.

America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is 'race.'

If you're happy with what you're doing, then you don't get bored.

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

Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself.