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It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do or should be.
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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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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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My drive is other people's success.
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Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it.
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When you're supposed to be close and friends in the film, the moment you're talking as friends off the set, it makes it that much better when you're filming.
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You don't want to pigeonhole yourself.
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My Twitter reflects what's going on with me in my life.
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An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool.
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Men are like lions. We hunt.
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I am capable of holding the quote-unquote 'title' of leading man. Leading man just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.
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I'm not Russell Crowe. I'm not going to do a period piece.
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When you're coming up with new material, it's not always gonna be good. The only way to learn is for it not to get a laugh, so you can adjust it and come back the next day to see if it's working right. Next time, you might get a different laugh. You're constantly rebuilding.
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Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.
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I love to pop up at the movie theaters. I love to treat the people who are there.
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This younger generation that's around, that's tweeting, Facebooking and Vine-ing, the fans appreciate that because they feel like they can get to you.
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I think, first of all, I don't think people understand Ice Cube's body of work. Ice Cube is a, and I hate to use the word 'urban' but - when you think of Judd Apatow, and a person who's launched so many careers, Ice Cube has done that for so many comedians, you know?
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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 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.'
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I didn't work hard to sit down and not work.
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I love diversity.
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There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behind us. I never looked back there, but she was like, 'Will you all just shut up!' And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, 'What are you doing?!' I was like, 'You better get up here! I don't play the fighting games.'
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'Soul Plane' put me in a position to succeed. I'm glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.
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I don't believe in doing things to manufacture my body to appeal to what I think people might like.