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In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.
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Comedy Central was a great network, but 'Chappelle's Show' took it to a completely different level. Other shows got bigger because so many viewers were watching the 'Chappelle' reruns. For BET, the 'Real Husbands of Hollywood' has that same potential.
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Some people are jerks, and some people aren't.
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On 'Think Like a Man,' they got the best out of me because they allowed me to bring my own cadences and opinions to the character that I was playing. I think we got the best of that particular character.
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All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that.
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Men and women do think differently, and frankly, we don't understand each other. Not at all! But that's what makes relationships so amazing.
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I've known Ben Stiller for a minute. One of my first movies was 'Along Came Polly.'
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At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you're going drama just because everybody else does it. You do it to challenge yourself. You do it because, naturally, in the profession of acting, you want to show growth. You want to say that you take the craft seriously.
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It's a well-known fact that tall people are evil.
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I never do anything that I don't want to do.
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The second time around, I'll understand that, as a husband, my wife doesn't care about my opinions. I just need to tell her the things that will continue to help me stack the brownie points.
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Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting.
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The good thing about having chemistry is, when you get to the improv section of a scene, you've got somebody to feed off. It can go on and on and on, and the sky's the limit.
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Comedy's about opening up and being unique, but to a point where the audience can relate to what you're saying.
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My goals are so high that I don't have time to relax in any way, shape or form.
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Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.
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The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.
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All men hate the nagging.
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I read so much stuff that black women say, especially about my relationship. 'Oh, he left his black wife to go be with some exotic chick.' First of all, my girl is black: she's Jamaican.
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Take me seriously. Take me and my role seriously. Take my talent seriously.
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I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.
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I learned from the guys before me - Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Richard Pryor, just to name a few. These are guys that let it all hang out. What they lived is what they took to the stage.
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I'm not a big politics guy.
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Everything is an open book. I don't speak on other people's hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I'm going to talk about it. That's what my fan base appreciates the most. I'm universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through.