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" Every time I go onstage, it's a little less 'Chris Rock's brother.' "

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" 'All Def' is unlike any other comedy show or set because 'All Def' goes back to the essence of how urban comedy started. We give it a 'stoop appeal.' A stoop appeal is important for us because it's where pretty much all black comics started doing their standup: cracking jokes on the stoop, in the hood. "

" Women do so much aesthetically to attract men that they sometimes overlook the simple things, like cooking. "

" I have seven brothers and sisters, and they could all be standup comics! "

Brothers And Sisters

" I don't understand why black people feel this undying need to want to be down with white people all the time. "

" If you're at the Comedy Store or the Laugh Factory or the Improv, even two minutes helps. You never know who might be in the audience. "

" When I was growing up with Chris, I was the little brother that was kind of annoying: 'Can I come?' 'Get out of here.' 'Can I play?' 'Get out of here.' So that's our relationship. I just do my own thing. I leave him alone. "

" Nothing's given in the Rock family. "

" My older brothers have their own children, and they have to go to soccer practice and football practice on the weekends. They're doing their thing and on the weekends, and I'm on the road. The busier we get, the less time we get to see each other. That's why, when we see each other, it's really, really kind of special. "

" Never steal jokes. "

" My brother nurtured the love of stand-up comedy in a skinny little black kid named Tony. "

" I love to eat. I'm a foodie, and when I'm on vacation, I want to be a foodie with their culture, with their foods. "

" When you're doing standup, it's just you. It's your written jokes. You perform it however your personality is. "

" I was depressed for a long time. "

" Nobody needs a chitlin. "

" Mexicans work so hard. Jamaicans are like, 'Hey mon. Take it easy. You work too 'ard.' Sneak into the country Sunday night, working Monday morning. "

" It's part of the gift and the curse of coming behind my brother. I'm not afforded the luxury of just taking a set casual, taking the night off. Because if I bomb, it's, 'Oh, he's not funny - he's just doing it because of his brother.' "

" If my sisters like something I do, then I'm very happy with it. I only listen to my sisters! "

" People say an Oscar validates your career. No, it doesn't. There's more good actors without Oscars than there are with Oscars. "

" What amazes me is that the whole world is fascinated by Kim Kardashian. What's her talent? "

" Sometimes I might get in the door a little quicker than somebody else because of my last name. But if I'm not prepared, I'm not afforded the luxury of, 'Oh, he's a little green.' It's, 'He's not talented,' where the next guy can have a bad day. "

" My pops, the whole time while I was growing up, was conscious of what we ate. He made sure we exercised and had time outside. He knew having a healthy lifestyle meant exercise. "

" Regular people laugh harder. Industry people are stuffy, very judgmental. "

" My favorite comics are the ones who say funny stuff but also give you the message. They give you the laughter, but there's also the, 'Mmm - I didn't take that into consideration.' "

" Who's been loyal to a Kardashain? "

" I've always been into stand-up, and I always wanted to be a comic because it was like the dream job as a kid, and my brother, being the patriarch, he paved the way. "

" Like everybody, I started out doing 'bringer' shows - the kind where if you show up with a certain number of people, you get to perform. Sometimes I would actually pay strangers off the street to come in and see my set. "

" If I modeled myself after anybody, it probably would have been Richard Pryor. "

" I talk to the audience like I talk to my friends on the stoop. "

" I'm a skinny kid from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. "