I love my mother. My mother made sure, her stubbornness - she made sure we was going to eat. She made sure we had Christmases. That was my mother. My father wasn't there for that.

George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy.

People walked out on Richard Pryor and he's the funniest man alive.

I think the word 'pregnant' is funny.

A stand-up's job is to hold the mirror up to society and to look at what we're afraid of. That's why we had shows like 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons.' We made fun of ourselves then.

I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I'm passionate.

Because Eddie [Murphy] came from where I come from, the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. People in the projects used to call me Fat Murphy.