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" When you're in the spotlight, people want to dissect you and then put you back together the way they want you. "

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" So I think all comedians are earning their wings into heaven. We're all going to heaven, but everybody's not going to get their wings. Some people are just going to be regular angels. Doing cleanup, janitor work. In heaven, I'm going to sit on the couch with Oprah. "

" If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned. "

" If I gamble, I'll play roulette. My wife and I will play roulette, and that's about it. I'm not a heavy gambler. "

" Ladies are honest. They're my motivation. They know what's funny, and the dudes just follow. "

" My fans would love to see Brian Fellow come back. I love my fans. And they like my edge. "

" That's a gift God's given us: the ability to work together in collaborations. "

" For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it into a lucrative business. "

" 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. "

" Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day. "

" Black people dance well because we start early - there's music being played everywhere. White people? They don't start dancing until they get to college, and by then, it's too late; the bottom don't move with the top no matter how hard they try. "

" If you're the kind of person who likes numbers and statistics, I'm the long shot - the Lotto Powerball winner. I'm the mutation in the DNA that makes evolution a reality. I am the new black. "

" My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself. "

" Listen, Bruce Lee fought out of anger. That's why they call it the 'Fists of Fury.' Michael Jackson danced with fury. I do stand up out of fury. I'm not mad at anybody. I'm not mad at any human being because I'm a human being. "

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

" I love '30 Rock' because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week. "

" Comedy should be easy, not laboured. "

" Of all the sicknesses, there is probably none more abusive than homophobia. "

" I don't have anything against Jimmy Fallon. I love Jimmy Fallon. He's my dude. "

" People live too much of their lives on email or the Internet or text messages these days. We're losing all of our communication skills. "

" I've played outrageous characters my whole career. "

" You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing. "

" I think hip hop is dead. It's all pop now. If you call it hip hop, then you need to stop. Hip hop was a movement. Hip hop was a culture. Hip hop was a way of life. It's all commercial now. "

" I'm glad I dropped out of high school, man. I wouldn't be where I'm at. I would have had a net. I'm glad I didn't have anything to fall back on, man, because that made me go for my dreams that much harder. "

" I have my Lucky Charms in the morning, and I feel magical. "

" I come from where Mike Tyson came from. I come from right across the street from Jay-Z. I didn't have a pond in my backyard. I saw violence. "

" I do my best creating on stage. "

" I'm not a child star, but you could say that I've grown up on TV. I went from being an unknown, down-and-out comic from Brooklyn and the Bronx to being a regular character on a major network comedy called 'Martin.' From there I went on to become the most notable black comic on 'Saturday Night Live' since Eddie Murphy. "

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