- Comedian | February 7, 1965 -
I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school.
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Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional funny guy.
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The key to staying together is making sure you guys like each other and need each other.
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Anything I say about women, I try to make sure that at least five or six friends of mine are going through a similar situation. That way I'm not picking on my wife.
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If I find a comedy club where no one's camera works, I'll go.
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Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them.
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A man is only as faithful as his options.
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I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.
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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'.
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Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with a list of black men that were qualified to be the president of the United States. So the Obama victory is progress for white people.
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Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.
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Does having a wife and kids change your act? Yes, but only in the best way. It gives you weight and authority. It also makes you closer to the audience because the audience is married and has kids.
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