Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment. I want to feel it all because I've realized nothing lasts.

I would love to try action films.

Let's focus on the funny. ... That's what I'm focused on... This is the gift God gave me. That's what I want to touch in people.

Everything I talk about in stand-up is my experiences as an American, as a father, as a husband, as a black man, as a human being.

My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career.

And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.