Actor

Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.

I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

I think a lot of TV insults the audience.

I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.

I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.

I'm a big fan of TV.

Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.

I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.

I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy.

Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.

Like a lot of black people, I grew up straight po'. Wasn't no question about whether we was po', either. If you really wanted to know, all you had to do was look in our refrigerator.

It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'

My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.

You can't be a doctor if you don't know the entire parts of the body.

Bernie Mac is talented!

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.

I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, 'I'm like you - I'm frustrated, I'm not an expert, I don't have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I'm selfish too.'

Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? 'Cause he had problems.

I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.