“After I left high school and got my GED, I studied broadcast journalism for a year at a community college.”
“I'd like to be in a Spike Jonze movie. But I live in a Nancy Meyers movie.”
“If I find a comedy club where no one's camera works, I'll go.”
“Most parts in comedy, they're not really written for men. They're written for, like, these boy-men.”
“No film critic's going to say it, but 'Madagascar 3' is better than 'The Artist.'”
“I'm a big fan of Katt Williams, Jim Gaffigan, Louie CK, Margaret Cho, Kathy Griffin, Rich Vas, Joey Vega and Matt Claybrooks.”
“Jokes rot. They're not like songs. I always envy singers - Sting is always going to sing 'Roxanne'. But people want to hear new jokes. I've written jokes as good as 'Roxanne', I believe. But I can't tell them again.”
“I realized with Broadway everything written for black people is usually written in the past, and I'm kind of a contemporary guy. I don't think you want to see me in 'Raisin in the Sun'.”
“Show me one guy or woman as funny as Rodney Dangerfield or as good as George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, or Joan Rivers. There are a lot of good comics out there, no doubt, but as far as the quality of the comics goes, I think what you have is a bunch of situational comics.”
“I don't believe I can offend you in a comedy club. I don't believe I can offend you in a concert. A comedy club is a place where you work out material; you're trying material.”