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" HartBeat Productions is a company established by me; it's mine. I run it. I have employees. "

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" Whatever is on the page is what I'm married to. I'm very prepared. I'm a thespian. I don't like to improv. I don't like to go off course 'cause I think that's where stuff happens. When you stick to the material 'cause it's written so well, that's where the magic happens. "

" My daughter doesn't even get my humor. She's like, 'Um, no. I don't get it, Dad. Mmm, no, not that one, Dad.' "

" I learned from the guys before me - Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Richard Pryor, just to name a few. These are guys that let it all hang out. What they lived is what they took to the stage. "

" My fans saw me get engaged, saw me make that woman my wife, me having kids, me divorcing, me talking about divorce before the divorce, me talking about my kids' reaction to that divorce. "

" I'm not a big politics guy. "

" I just want to be a great example to younger kids. "

" You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it's not about the money. "

" I'm good friends with Jay Leno, good friends with Ed O'Neill, Melanie Fiona and Russell Simmons. "

" The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate. "

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" You definitely want your kids to understand their heritage, but I don't want my kids to just focus on being black. They are people. I don't want them to judge other people or to be judged. I want them to be good people, so good people will treat them accordingly. I preach that to my kids and everything else falls into place. "

" I ain't never called nobody no redskin. I've never been mad, like, 'Get out of this restaurant, you redskin.' "

" Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view. "

" Men and women do think differently, and frankly, we don't understand each other. Not at all! But that's what makes relationships so amazing. "

" There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behind us. I never looked back there, but she was like, 'Will you all just shut up!' And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, 'What are you doing?!' I was like, 'You better get up here! I don't play the fighting games.' "

" I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The Butler,' to 'The Best Man,' to 'Ride Along,' to even 'Think Like a Man' from last year - these movies are just good movies. "

" On 'Think Like a Man,' they got the best out of me because they allowed me to bring my own cadences and opinions to the character that I was playing. I think we got the best of that particular character. "

" The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience. "

" I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault - they watched the foot come towards their face. "

" Working with a guy like Ice Cube on 'Ride Along,' you learn so much. He's a guy who produces, writes, and directs, so you watch and learn and ask questions. As you go, you learn and figure out what you should and shouldn't do. I do nothing but soak up information. "

" Comedy Central was a great network, but 'Chappelle's Show' took it to a completely different level. Other shows got bigger because so many viewers were watching the 'Chappelle' reruns. For BET, the 'Real Husbands of Hollywood' has that same potential. "

" Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get. "

" When people get married young, you don't really understand the true definition of marriage. "

" I had one incident where my daughter said that a girl asked if she was a brown person. I said, 'We're black. You have black people, white people, Chinese people, Hispanic people; we're all brought up differently.' "

" My mom was very strict. She didn't let me watch anything rated R or anything with cussing. "

" Comedy's about opening up and being unique, but to a point where the audience can relate to what you're saying. "

" Really, I don't like roller coasters. "

" I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid's a hard worker, he's talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. "

" I'm sure everyone knows now that only a few have performed in Madison Square Garden. That list is so small. Now I'm on that list. I'm a part of a very small group, which is unbelievable. You relish in that moment for a second. "

" I don't write material. Funny things happen to me in the course of a day, and I just make notes. "

" There's no reason why I can't be a mogul. When I step into a room and I'm there to have a conversation, if it pertains to business, I want to be respected as a guy who knows what he's talking about. And that, to me, holds more weight than anything else. "