You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.

Too many people focus on the thing, instead of the heavenly glory of it. I don't want to give away what to expect.

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.

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.

Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music.

I don't really take the college tours and all that. Those are young people and I'm quite sure they're mature enough to understand, but they haven't seen or lived real life yet.

I think people would want to see Tracy Morgan host Saturday Night Live.