Comedian

If you don't have the right people around you and you're moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.

I'm an introspective dude.

Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you're interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.

I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it.

If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.

The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.

Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.

I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they laugh again. The fact that people come to see that and participate in that... I don't know, it's just like magic.

I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.

I think extreme sports are really good for relieving stress.

Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.'

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

There's a lot of people who don't want anything from me but to laugh and have a good time. You see them at the show and they like - they dress up to come see your show and stuff. And they pack these auditoriums and it's a lot of fun, man. It's like, this is how I started, and it's still fun for me.

My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.

I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.

After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

My generation is under-entertained.