I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.

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.

With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.

I always had one goal, and that was to be a real funny stand-up comic, and that's pretty much what I'm doing. And everything else is kind of like gravy - TV, movies.

I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.

Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.