You Gotta Have The Balls To Go

I Never Planned To Win An Oscar. When I Auditioned For Ray, I Was Just Thinking About What A Great Project It Would Be.

You Know What? I Never Really Factor Hollywood Into Anything. I'm A Black Actor, So I Can't Really Control What Hollywood Thinks. I Gotta Go Do My Thing, And My Jokes Have Got To Be Funny. Whatever I Do Has Got To Be Great.

In Looking At Hollywood And Its Structure, The Director Controls The Medium, And I Want To Be In Control Of Certain Things. I Want To Be Able To Get My Own Ideas And My Own Feelings Out There, And The Only Way To Do That Is To Be Behind The Camera.

All Of Us Black Comedians Are Trying To Be Mainstream, But You Don't Want To Lose The Edge.

As Black Folks We're Always Sensitive. As A Black Person It's Always Racial.