I never wanted to limit myself to just impressions. I wanted to branch out and develop other parts of my game.

I never wanted to limit myself to just impressions. I wanted to branch out and develop other parts of my game.

To sustain longevity, you have to evolve.

The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things.

There's got to be structure and great comedy. When you start with that, everything else falls into place.

I think Chappelle set the bar when he came out with his show. To be as great as him or greater you have to push it a little further - as long as there's substance in terms of the material.

Eddie Murphy was the Michael Jordan of comedy. He had a full range of abilities.

Because it's uncensored cable, I think we'll be able to do the kind of sketch comedy that really hasn't been seen before. We can actually finish jokes.

The best part about being a stand-up is the connection with the audience. There's nothing more gratifying then when you can make 300 people applaud and stand up - because that's all you.

That's where the money is, on the road.

I'm from the streets of New York. I know what tough talk sounds like.

Because its uncensored cable I think well be able to do the kind of sketch comedy that really hasnt been seen before. We can actually finish jokes.

If we fail to appreciate the soul that Easternism gives us, then what we have is a disconnected, Greco-Roman, Western, egocentric, compartmentalized, reductionist, fragmented, linear thought process that counts on cleverness.

To see a hungry kid eating a bowl of rice like it's ice cream -- there's a satisfaction in that, that words can't express.

The only people I really hate are parking attendants.

If you asked me to seriously kiss someone on a screen, I would be very uncomfortable. But I will lick any part of your face.

Just like the butterfly I too will awaken in my own time

You have to live the mission... love what you do.

If you're being attacked by something on the outside, which I feel a lot being in show business, you just have to dial it back and breathe and know that you are protected.

We cannot make good news out of bad practice.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

My life is exactly the way it needs to be.

Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.

Nothing is better for a young journalist than to go and write about something that other people don't know about. If you can afford to send yourself to some foreign part, I still think that's by far the best way to break in.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth. He's my director, he does the arrangements. Really, he does everything - including certain janitorial chores!

I was a Marine for 41 years, and it wasn't long enough. We enjoy putting on that uniform.

You surround yourself with amazing, grade-A talent, and you're going to have to lift your game. You kind of thrive just by being around such people.

I seem to be able to disassociate my insecurities. I know a lot of actors - some of the best actors in the world - can't bear to watch themselves and I have to say I can't relate to that.

What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like.

The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along.

Learning to drive is a scary thing for a parent. I had to basically lie to get the keys when I was a kid.

I can't fathom writers married to writers and musicians married to musicians. There's your enemy in bed beside you.

It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing.

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

The goal of coaching is not in fixing what is broken but in discovering new talents and new ways to use old talents that lead to far greater effectiveness.