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.

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.

I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade.

I don't like to do things for any other reason than it happens spontaneously or there's something that makes it happen naturally. I don't like putting down too many plans and trying to do a strategy to get a certain response or a certain effect.

I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good.

I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won't go away from home for more than two weeks.

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process.

Anytime you can be a part of something that hopefully tries to make a cultural contribution, I love the idea of that.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

Whenever I'm on the pitch, I feel confident.

We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with the best gags and things like that, out to cabaret clubs and things in the north of England for six weeks. And we became a big success.

I'm Jewish, but not overly religious, and have certainly never formally observed the Fourth Commandment, other than via the tradition of wearing white on Friday nights at summer camp, which never seemed to dovetail with the fact that Fridays were also the night for grape juice.

Five years is a good run for a sitcom; seven is good, but usually, it's a couple years of staying past your welcome.

The darkest day in a mans career is that wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning it.

I'd rather be a lady of the evening than a feminist.

A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.

I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough.

The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.

I'd love to do a safari holiday somewhere in Africa - maybe Kenya or Tanzania. I have never been, and we've deliberately waited until the children are older so that they could appreciate it, learn something and come back with stories.

I just wanted to act. I didn't want to do anything else.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

A lot of designers still have nostalgia for the past. As for the furniture in the future, I hope they use less of real wood. Conservation in wood is necessary.

There's a stark difference between the words 'prodigy' and 'genius.' Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that which no one has ever previously discovered. Prodigies learn; geniuses do.

Sometimes you need those bad days to help you appreciate the good ones.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.