My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me he was still a rock star.

My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.

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

I had a great time working on 'Saturday Night Live.' It was one of the important times in my life.

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

Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. This is my only girl. So I don't care what it takes to protect her. You can call it what you want to call it. As long as you treat her the same way I treat her, like my princess, I don't mind.

Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot of doors for black people.