The money is not my mission.

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.

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.

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.

Sometimes rising above is the only way to stop the hate from spreading. It's not what anyone expects, and it does make them stop and think.

Life is a spiritual splendid journey.

I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.

The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement.

The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

I'm a survivor, at least that's what everyone tells me.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government.

Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.

Life is too short to leave your walls bare or colorless. Unless you like bare and colorless then it is fine.