I Think The Whole Stigma Of 'Black Movies' Is Slowly Being Lost. When You Look At Movies Like '12 Years A Slave,' To 'The Butler,' To 'The Best Man,' To 'Ride Along,' To Even 'Think Like A Man' From Last Year - These Movies Are Just Good Movies.
I've Done Auditions Where The Casting Director Is Taking The Paper Out Of My Hand In The Middle Of Reading.
You Make Yourself Broad. You Make Yourself Appealing. 'Hey, Y'all, I'm Cool With Everybody.' That's My Message.
I Don't Take Pictures When I'm With My Kids, For The Sake Of My Kids. It's Important When You're As Busy As I Am That You Give Your Kids Your Time When You're With Them, And Nothing Compromises That. I've Been Lucky Enough To Have Fans That Understand That.
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.
No Matter What, People Grow. If You Chose Not To Grow, You're Staying In A Small Box With A Small Mindset. People Who Win Go Outside Of That Box. It's Very Simple When You Look At It.
When People Get Married Young, You Don't Really Understand The True Definition Of Marriage.
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.
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.
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.
I Was The Guy On The Swim Team Entertaining The Bus On The Way To The Meets.
I've Known Ben Stiller For A Minute. One Of My First Movies Was 'Along Came Polly.'
I Got A Chance To Work With Stallone And De Niro - Pretty Much Sums It Up For Me. You Can Tell Where You're Going In Your Career By The Company You Keep.
If You Look At Me In 'Ride Along,' Even Though I'm Playing Two Different Characters, My Demeanor And My Tone Were Not Aggressive.
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.
'Best Man Holiday' Was A Very Successful Film.
I've Been Known To Preach.
Barbra Streisand Has Accomplished So Much, And Dustin Hoffman As Well. They Are Down To Earth And Approachable. I Admire That.
For Me, The Way I Stay Consistent Is Through Stand-up Comedy.
'Soul Plane' Put Me In A Position To Succeed. I'm Glad I Had The Opportunity To Be The Lead Man.
I Love To Pop Up At The Movie Theaters. I Love To Treat The People Who Are There.
When I Was Married, I Definitely Went Through A Lying Period.
I Ain't Never Called Nobody No Redskin. I've Never Been Mad, Like, 'Get Out Of This Restaurant, You Redskin.'
I Think Sometimes Celebrities Get So Big, They're Not Reachable.
I Don't Believe In Doing Things To Manufacture My Body To Appeal To What I Think People Might Like.
I've Turned Down Shows Offering Large Amounts Of Money.
People Want To Act Like They Know Celebrities. They Want To See Pictures. They Want To Know Where You're Going. They Want To Hear You Talk About Your Family.
In Comedy, My Strengths Are Improvisation.
All I Can Do Is Try To Create My Own Brand And Have People Appreciate Me For That.
In My Divorce, I Stood Up And Said To My Ex-wife, 'Hey, I Messed Up. This Had Nothing To Do With You. I Didn't Understand What Marriage Was. I Cheated. I Was Wrong. We Couldn't Fix It; It Got Worse. I Stepped Away Because I Didn't Want It To Get Any Worse. You're The Mother Of My Kids - I Don't Want To Hate You.'
My Son Is Becoming Me - Just A Silly, Silly Prankster Guy.
My Daughter Has Impressions That She Does Of Me.
The Beauty Of Me Being On Stage Is I Have A Voice.
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.'
Having Other Comedians Complimenting My Work Is The Biggest Accolade That I Can Get.
I Don't Think Comedy Will Ever Die.
I Don't Use Twitter For Bad.
My Twitter Reflects What's Going On With Me In My Life.
I Don't Care How Busy I Am - I Will Always Make Time For What's Most Important To Me.
You Might Be The Funniest Guy In The World, But If You Don't Have Anything To Talk About, People Are Eventually Going To Gravitate Towards The Guy That's Actually Saying Something.
The Most Important Thing For A Director Is Being Able To Communicate.
I'm More Of A Realist When It Comes To Life, And I'd Much Rather My Mother Be In A Spiritual Place In Heaven Than In A Bed, Sick, Fighting For Her Life.
People See Me On The Street, And They Point To Me, And They're Like, 'Hey! All Right, All Right, All Right!'
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.
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?
Really, I Don't Like Roller Coasters.
I Try To Be Funny And Not Ignorant.
You Don't Want To Pigeonhole Yourself.
My Mom Was Very Strict. She Didn't Let Me Watch Anything Rated R Or Anything With Cussing.
Sports Are Basically Our Way Of Feeling Sorry For Ourselves. Most Men Can't Become Athletes. We're Watching Guys Who Actually Made It. We See Them Dunking And Making Touchdowns. Then We Think About Ourselves When We Were Younger.