Thank you, God, because I am lucky. Also let's face it, it turns out I'm black. And I'm having a career quite different from lots of people, so I feel doubly lucky.

My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.

If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers.

[On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.

Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.

When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.