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" You know why they think I'm reclusive? I don't do the Hollywood stuff. I've never been on the circuit. "

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" 'Nutty Professor' was me going, 'Say what you want to say, but I can do this, and you can't, and nobody else in the town can do this.' "

" The studios gotta start making more stuff where black folks get quality stuff. But I can't trip about that because I've been making movies for 35 years, and I've played everything from an old lady to a donkey, so I can't be on here talking about, 'They don't give us enough roles' and diversity. "

" I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist. "

" In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player! "

" I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters. "

" Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles. "

" I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does. "

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" I don't know what my Death Row meal would be. I'm surprised that people can even eat when they're on Death Row. "

" I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything. "

" I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it. "

" I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing. "

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" The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice. "

" I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now. "

" There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plane for a little bit. I'm like, 'How long is it to get there? Two days on a plane? What? No.' "

" The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood. "

" I never hated hip-hop. It became the new rock and roll. It became the biggest thing that Africans have ever done in the history of the Americas. Hip-hop put more black Americans on than anything before it. It fed more people. It allowed them to diversify into clothing lines and billion-dollar headphone companies. "

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" I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax. "

" I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful. "

" After all these years, I've done well and I'm cool. I feel comfortable in my skin, I've saved some paper, everybody's healthy, my kids are beautiful and smart, doing different things, it's all good. "

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" I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music. "

" Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It's like a big machine that moves slowly. "