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" I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together. "

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" The truth is, I've never thought of myself as the Michael Jordan of comedy. And that's a good thing. You know why? Because I'm not. Wasn't that Richard Pryor? Yes, it was. I know what I am: I'm funny! "

" If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny. "

" I'm no Jerry Seinfeld. I wasn't raised with some backyard with a creek and trees and all that. "

" Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that. "

" If you can get your life down to one minute at a time, you don't miss anything. You have total abundance of information and material. "

" If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people. "

" My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me, he was still a rock star. "

" I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I pump my own gas, I get my own hair cut. "

" The version of me you see on TV now and in my feature films is a pretty happy guy, isn't he? "

" Whatever I did on 'Saturday Night Live' is going to stay and remain on 'Saturday Night Live.' "

" Having boys is different. Boys, you put sneakers on, and they're out, they're ready. Girls, you gotta pay a little bit more attention to them. "

" I don't do drama. I'm a comedian. "

" I've got friends who want money but don't want to do anything to earn it. "

" They say that every Jewish person is supposed to love one black person in his life. I'm glad Lorne Michaels chose me. "

" And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly. "

" Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius. "

" On 'Saturday Night Live,' I never really wrote. You know, I would just - I would let the writers cast me into the show. So my strength - and I put all my energies into performance. I just couldn't deal with the rejection, you know, getting your sketches cut, and it was hard for me. "

" I love working with Alec Baldwin. He's one of the five greatest actors ever to live. "

" There's nothing in the world like live entertainment. With TV, you have to wait for your results; with live entertainment, people let you know right then and there. That relationship is established in 30 seconds. The first 30 seconds, they'll let you know whether they like you or not. "

" Comedy should be easy, not laboured. "

" If I make fun of somebody at my show, believe me, it's something we can all laugh at. "

" Growing up in the ghetto is pretty hard. It's poverty; it's frustration. "

" I was never a big comic book fan. I was always more into the baseball cards. "

" I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working. "

" I know how bad bullying can hurt. I was bullied when I was a kid. "

" I have a nice following in Boston. The Boston crowd is very hip. "

" I don't need no stool and mike stand. I don't need all of that to be funny. I've been funny my whole life. This is a gift God gave me. I spread love wherever I'm at. I'm like Marvin Gaye. "

" I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not. "

" I don't believe in storks. I know they don't deliver babies; they deliver pickles. "