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

I love Ice Cube and Charlie Day. They're brilliant men, great actors and very funny people.

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

Stand-up is my foundation. That's where it started at. And I love it because it's personal. It's mine. It's all me. It's my experience in life.

You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic.

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

My life growing up was a twisted Bronx version of The Color Purple. It had a much different soundtrack and no trees, but that desperation was the same.