When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.

I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me.

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?'

I have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers, and four non-African-American writers.

I don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.

There's times when I'm really shy, so these roles that I get to play, they're how I would love to really be. And that's why I love doing stand-up, because it gives me the freedom to say what I really want to say. I think that's why it's my favorite thing to do.

I don't like the saying keep your friends close and enemies closer. I want my enemy on a different planet.