Stand-up is really personal. It's not like somebody else is writing the script and you have to do what they write.

I'm very giving. Even if it's for nonsense, I'll give it to you.

What am I afraid of? The IRS. Thats it. I dont want those people knockin on my door, man.

I've got to show life as I see it.

When a child is born, it's born with a heart of gold, but the way of this world can turn that heart cold. I'm still a good person, and I thank God for that - He's working with me on it.

When I was a young kid, my pops introduced me to it. He took me to Harlem, 145th and Edgecombe, to watch the filming of Claudine with James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll. That was my first taste of seeing a set and the cameras, and I was bit by the acting bug at a young age.

I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.