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" I was the guy on the swim team entertaining the bus on the way to the meets. "

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" I don't think comedy will ever die. "

" No man wants to settle down. It happens. Eventually you're going to bump into somebody that makes you go, 'Hmm, I don't mind seeing this person every day.' "

" An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool. "

" Oh, my mama was awesome. Very strict, overreligious, loved the Lord, loved rules. But she had to be that way because of where we were growing up, the neighborhood I was from. "

" Every relationship should eventually become a long-term relationship. Any director that I meet now isn't just a director. He's potentially a friend, and someone I can call to do a project that I want or that I have. "

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

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" I'm a whopping 5 foot 4 inches tall. I'm not going to get any taller. "

" If you look at me in 'Ride Along,' even though I'm playing two different characters, my demeanor and my tone were not aggressive. "

" Men are like lions. We hunt. "

" The two things in the world we all share in this world are laughter and pain. We've all got problems. The levels of those problems vary, but we've all got problems. When you can take things that are painful and make them funny, that's a gift - to you and your audience. "

" 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. "

" People want to act like they know celebrities. They want to see pictures. They want to know where you're going. They want to hear you talk about your family. "

" I think, first of all, I don't think people understand Ice Cube's body of work. Ice Cube is a, and I hate to use the word 'urban' but - when you think of Judd Apatow, and a person who's launched so many careers, Ice Cube has done that for so many comedians, you know? "

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

" 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. "

" Everything is an open book. I don't speak on other people's hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I'm going to talk about it. That's what my fan base appreciates the most. I'm universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through. "

" I'm not Russell Crowe. I'm not going to do a period piece. "

" I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother. "

" People like to hear the word 'love.' "

" You get one life. I'm going to embrace mine. "

" I took my daughter to the father-daughter dance, and I cried like a little baby. "

" You've gotta understand that with branding and the way things are promoted, in our day and age, your older movie stars are not reachable or accessible because they're not a part of the whole social media world. "

" The quote-unquote 'description' of a leading man was once your tall, handsome man with the build of whatever, almost a trophy to some degree. I think now it's about making a leading man what you want a leading man to be. In this day, you can't deny talent. You look at Jonah Hill, you look at Zach Galifianakis, you look at myself. "

" I'm more of a realist when it comes to life, and I'd much rather my mother be in a spiritual place in Heaven than in a bed, sick, fighting for her life. "

" What women need to understand is that men don't communicate. It's not intentional or on purpose. We're just not as emotional. You ladies feel like you have to express yourselves. "

" 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. "

" In comedy, my strengths are improvisation. "

" Believe it or not, I make myself laugh. Sometimes when I have thoughts or say some things that are funny, it just makes me laugh, and I don't mind laughing at it before you guys do. "

" My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine. "