The Success Of My Comedy Has Been

I Became The Storyteller Of South Side Chicago. I Used An Old Kiwi Liquid Shoe Polish As A Microphone. I'd Go Around The House Interviewing Everybody, Telling Stupid Jokes, Doing Voices. I Mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., People On 'laugh-in,' Flip Wilson.

I've Been In Training For Stardom.

I Wasn't Disciplined At All. As Good Of An Athlete As I Was, I Was Not Disciplined. Had I Had The Drive That I Have In Comedy, And Acting, And Writing, That's Why I Knew It Just Wasn't Right For Me.

My Grandmother Always Told Me How You Start Is How You Finish.

All You Do As A Performer Is Keep Doing It. If You Keep Doing It, Then It Depends On Why You're Doing It. If You're Doing Something For Superficial, Monumental Reasons And If You're Doing It For Female Attention, Or If You're Doing It For Money, It's Like Being Upset. Only Way You Can Get Upset Is When You Expecting Something. If You Don't Get This Award Or Don't Get That Award, That Because You Expect Something.