Being a big star and being known, making movies and a lot of money - that really doesn't interest me.

Making people laugh is giving, and it's healing, too, when people can go up to the movies and forget about their problems. It's a good thing. That's why I want to work.

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?

Just believe in yourself and work really hard. And when doors open, take advantage of every opportunity you can.

When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through.

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

I want to keep working, I want to keep doing my humanitarian stuff around the world, shining light on different places that have problems. Keep making movies, make people laugh.

I am Jewish. My real name is Chris Tuckenberg. A lot of people don't know about that.

One thing about me, when I make a decision about something, I realize when you make choices in life, that dictates your life.

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

The way to my heart is through your heart.

Its where my demons hide.

The difficulties of life are intended to make us better not bitter.

Start with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it's being done right now.

Stop blaming everybody and everything for what's going on. If you really believe that you deserve better, then you would have it.

What is modesty but inverted pride?

I believe that personal healing is a path to social transformation.

The last business of Christ's life was the saving of a poor penitent thief.

Skepticism is the elegance of anxiety.

Much dearer be the things which come through hard distress.