What!? You tell people that, I won't get no more black movies?

Making people laugh is giving, and it's healing, too, when people can go up to the movies and forget about their problems. It's a good thing. That's why I want to work.

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?

Just believe in yourself and work really hard. And when doors open, take advantage of every opportunity you can.

When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through.

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

I want to keep working, I want to keep doing my humanitarian stuff around the world, shining light on different places that have problems. Keep making movies, make people laugh.

I am Jewish. My real name is Chris Tuckenberg. A lot of people don't know about that.

One thing about me, when I make a decision about something, I realize when you make choices in life, that dictates your life.

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.

I'd ask myself, 'What do I think is really unjust?' That should be a starting point for how you engage with the world.

Language should fulfill your individual existence as a wholesome human being... Language should be more than just getting by.

I lived in New York for maybe a year and a half, from '95 to '97, but I live in Dallas. My whole family is there.

Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn.

As I have continued to make music and progress as an artist, I think I am steadily getting better at expanding my lyrical content and defining who I am as an artist.

Simplicity is not so simple to attain.

Gingrich - primary mission Advocate of civilization Definer of civilization Teacher of the Rules of Civilization... Leader (Possibly) of the civilizing forces...

If we spent as much time feeling positive about getting older, as we do trying to stay young, how much different our lives would be.

I'm very sensitive. It's always been something I'm very in tune with.