I'm not used to getting good reviews.

My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic.

I'm not used to getting good reviews.

I was one of the first veejays to take the camera out on location, and that's what was unique about MTV at that time.

Whenever someone dies everyone says, I love that guy, except for Jeffrey Dahmer.

Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.

That's the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don't spend your own money.

Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood.

My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary owner of a nightclub that's responsible for starting a lot of heavy careers.

'Entourage' is a staple L.A.-based show, and people say it's pretty real, and I thought it was. It's an exaggeration of the truth.

Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.

Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living.

I don't think any of us would be who we are if our parents weren't who they were. People that are in show business, and their parents are not in show business, their parents probably motivated them to get in show business.

I giggle when I put myself down. It's just funny to me.

I really don't go out every night to red-carpet events.

I think the best comedy comes from stuff that's based in reality.

I think you gotta look at stuff half-full as opposed to half-empty.

I want to show all sides of myself. I mean, I don't want to howl at the moon my whole life, you know?

I'm definitely a lot more comfortable now in my 40s than in my 30s - that's for sure.

I'm into politics - I'm interested in the election and how pissed off people get.

It's in my blood to tour. It's in my blood to get on the road. It's in my blood to go onstage.

People should stop poking fun at other people and worry about themselves.

Serious and intense people, they drain you. But someone who's an idiot, like myself, they're fun. You either hate me or you love me.

The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period.

The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved.

When you put yourself out into the world and say, 'Hey, look at me,' you're going to get criticized.

When you're a kid, all you really care about are Slurpees and Slip N Slide and riding your bike, and that's what I did.

Hearing 'no' a lot of times usually tells you either you're crazy or you're on the right track, and you don't know which one it is until you finally launch.

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.

I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings.

It's been in the back of my head for five or six years, but more on the local level to get involved and try to create a better environment for my children and grandchildren.

George Saunders is a complete genius.

Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.

My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.

The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.

Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

We all have points in our lives where two roads present themselves and we have to make a decision very fast. We don't know how it will impact our lives, but it usually does.

When you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of!

I used to do this as a kid. And now they're paying me for it, which is cool.

I had no clue on what I wanted to do when I was younger, so I was pretty lucky with this YouTube thing.

We can't feel anything - all that's left inside us is dust.

The knowledge of reincarnation assures us that life is worth living. Life is not a one-shot deal. It is forever.

Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.

The good news about New Mexico is we bring a lot of movies, a lot of television series out here, so I'm hoping I continue to work out here in New Mexico along with being part of my community.

When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore.

The real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own hands.