My mantra is that I can go back home at anytime. I have a degree, I am smart, and I am honest. I care about my career and what I do, yet I know my lane and where I desire to go.

My goal is to forever do stand up.

I don't feel that America has a black dude right now. I'm that dude.

I have a pretty fresh delivery. I feel that I am probably more of a dramatic actor, but I'm also a comedian. Every day I am polishing up my skills.

I love seeing the people that I have worked with reach new career heights.

I am inspired by the success of those that came to LA around the time that I started.

I hate to force anything. A lot of people say that comedy is twenty percent truth, and eighty percent fallacy. I believe that you have to have lived through something to write about it.

I'm thankful for all of my opportunities. But I'm not trying to have a career where I am hanging on one of Dr. Drew's rehab shows. I can go home.

There is a lot that I will not do in Hollywood.

The money is not my mission.

As I observe my daily life and that of others, I have come to the conclusion that genuine joy is a potent mixture of harsh reality, and the realization that life can be funny.

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

Give me 30 days, I'll change your body. Give me 60 days , I'll change your life

I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.

I'll tell you what I would do in a shot if I could. I would sing in the barbershop quartet in The Music Man.

Winning can be addictive

Students are often taught when to use a particular method and how to use it, but not how to effectively write up their research plan and then later their research results.

Not that which is inspires the creation, but that which may be; not the actual, but the possible.

I am far from perfect, but I have something else. I heard that people in the industry are longing for more personality and diversity. Perhaps I am more a 'character' than a model.

Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.