I was looking to be pale, you know, like the kind of person who has that pigment in their skin where no matter what the weather is they have pink cheeks. I had a couple of friends like that. But it was all very instinctive in a way. I never really thought that much about it.

I'd love to do a talk show. But I'm too busy for it. It's just too much work.

I take having a kids' show real seriously. I think it's an enormous responsibility.

I'm the person with the final say on everything. I really love being in that position.

In my experience I haven't met too many uptight black people. I'm sure they're out there. Like I'm some big authority and I've lived in the inner city and ghetto.

I'd love to work with Francis Ford Coppola. I met Coppola on an airplane.

I wouldn't sell my bike for all the money in the world. Not for a hundred million, trillion, billion dollars!