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" I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm different. I'm not just a comedian.' I'm trying to become a rock star. "

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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. "

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" You do projects with the hope they will be big and hope they will go beyond what you imagine. "

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" 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. "

" At the end of the day, your fans are the people who support you in and out. And their opinions matter. "

" 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 upbringing was solid because of the people I had around me. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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Character

" The original 'About Last Night' was phenomenal. "

" I've done auditions where the casting director is taking the paper out of my hand in the middle of reading. "

" Is everything funny? For me, yes. There's a positive to every negative. Even my divorce? For me, yes. If you go back and look at it, why it happened or how it happened, there's something in there that'll make you laugh. "

" I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true. "

" I get that racism exists, but it's not a catalyst for my content. I don't need to talk about race to have material. My style of comedy is more self-deprecating. I think that makes me more relatable. When you deal with 'topics' - race, white versus black - you're not separating from the pack. You're doing what everybody else is doing. "

" Being humble matters. "

" When I was married, I definitely went through a lying period. "

" I love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it. "

" No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you're staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It's very simple when you look at it. "

" 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. "

" If you look at me close enough, there's a small resemblance to a chicken nugget. I don't know if it's my skin texture or my hair, but the resemblance is definitely there. "

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" 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. "

" Laughter heals all wounds, and that's one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you're going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing. "

" My mum passing away wasn't funny, but that funeral and what I went through, the things that happened, looking back at it, there were funny moments. You have to be strong enough to look back at it, to sit and assess the situation. "

" I think sometimes celebrities get so big, they're not reachable. "

" My Twitter reflects what's going on with me in my life. "

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" People see me on the street, and they point to me, and they're like, 'Hey! All right, all right, all right!' "

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

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