In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.

I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.

Some black people want to get in touch with their African roots. But then you got some black people that just don't give a damn. You tell them, 'Hey, I just got back from the motherland.' "They're like, 'Where'd you go - Detroit? Did you see The Temptations?'

You know what, I think maybe it's because men like to fart, and the host wants to be able to sit in his writers' room and just pass gas freely. Me, I'm a lady. I'm dainty. I know to get up and leave the room and go to my office.

When my parents send me emails the first 3 are blank.

You know the economy is bad when illegals start complaining that Americans are taking their jobs.

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'