I first wanted to be a comedian when I was six or seven and my dad showed me Laurel and Hardy's "Perfect Day" on tv.

The execs don't care what color you are. They care about how much money you make. Hollywood is not really black or white. It's green.

I know who I am, I know what I believe, that's all I need to know. From there, you do what you need to do.

The value of a story isn't that it just has a narcotic effect. It's that it awakens something in you that makes you want to think, that makes you talk to other people, that stirs something that makes you examine the story that eventually turns into self-examination.

In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.

Your words and thoughts have physical power.

Just stay ready. Stay in shape and then you don't have to rush to train before the movie starts. I'll show you my abs later because I’m in shape. But that idea, if you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready.