I am now half Asian. I have learned all the ancient teachings of Buddi.

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.

Pray regularly for the members of your family.

Inherent within your soul is a greater light, recognize and radiate it.

Writers fly with imaginary wings.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.

I couldn't sleep knowing I was going to leave my Miami. It's always going to be my home, but it's not the same.

I kind of moved out of the town I grew up in as quick as I could. I left right after high school.

There is no question of going anywhere, arriving anywhere, or doing anything; you are there already.

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.