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My father told me 'Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.'

Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life.

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I love my jokes.

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I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it.

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You got to be careful of the company you keep.

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The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.

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There's a lot of people who don't want anything from me but to laugh and have a good time. You see them at the show and they like - they dress up to come see your show and stuff. And they pack these auditoriums and it's a lot of fun, man. It's like, this is how I started, and it's still fun for me.

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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

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I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they laugh again. The fact that people come to see that and participate in that... I don't know, it's just like magic.

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When I'm on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that's the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.

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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.

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One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.

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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

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I don't normally talk about my religion publicly because I don't want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful if you learn it the right way.

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I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.

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If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.

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The language you are about to hear... is disturbing.

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I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear - I'm not mad at anybody - not anymore.

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There's something about doing stand-up that's cathartic.

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Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

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I care about the work I do. But I'm not going to say that money's not an issue.

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Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right.

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Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through.

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I've done 10 or 11 pilots for network television, which is ridiculous.

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I got a lot of positive people around me.

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I don't want the money. I don't want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.

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Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.

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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.

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I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, I'll walk away from show business. But I don't want to walk away empty-handed.

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I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.

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My generation is under-entertained.

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After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

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I got real important relationships in my life that are very empowering relationships.

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I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

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I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.

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The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back.

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