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" 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. "

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" 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 love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it's what I live for. "

" I don't want enemies. I want friends, and I want them in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and loving whoever they want to. "

" I've done a great job at being universal in my stand-up, which is why, for 'Let Me Explain,' I toured all over the world. These movies I have coming out - 'Ride Along,' 'Grudge Match,' 'About Last Night,' 'Think Like a Man Too' - are putting me in a position to become universal on an even bigger scale. "

" I don't see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, 'I'ma do that,' and they do it. That's it. There's no scientifical process. "

" 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. "

" I'm a health nut, but when I eat, I go hard. I'm a Buffalo wing magnet, a sandwich fanatic, a cheesesteak guy. But I'll only get a cheesesteak in Philadelphia. No one else does it right. "

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

" I read so much stuff that black women say, especially about my relationship. 'Oh, he left his black wife to go be with some exotic chick.' First of all, my girl is black: she's Jamaican. "

" Here's the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast, and it's put in a category of being a black film. When other movies are done with a predominantly white cast, we don't call them a white film. I'm trying to remove the stigma off things they call black films. "

" In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, 'Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with you. I didn't understand what marriage was. I cheated. I was wrong. We couldn't fix it; it got worse. I stepped away because I didn't want it to get any worse. You're the mother of my kids - I don't want to hate you.' "

" My drive is other people's success. "

" All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that. "

" I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money. "

" I am who I am. That's why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don't change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I'm myself 24/7. People appreciate that. "

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

" 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.' "

" Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can't become athletes. We're watching guys who actually made it. We see them dunking and making touchdowns. Then we think about ourselves when we were younger. "

" Barbra Streisand has accomplished so much, and Dustin Hoffman as well. They are down to earth and approachable. I admire that. "

" At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you're going drama just because everybody else does it. You do it to challenge yourself. You do it because, naturally, in the profession of acting, you want to show growth. You want to say that you take the craft seriously. "

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

" I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It's good that the person I'm being onstage isn't really an act. It's really me. "

" The thing about impressing your girlfriend is that when you do something like a private island in Fiji, it's all downhill from that point. "

" I've known Ben Stiller for a minute. One of my first movies was 'Along Came Polly.' "

" My kids are the funniest two human beings there are. "

" The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice. "

" Chris Rock does the political thing really well, but that never worked for me. "

" I'm not a good storm-outer... because I forget stuff. "

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

" Because I'm small, I've been called things from 'Happy Feet' to 'Little Face.' "