Mom was a nurse's aide. She worked in various hospitals. She took care of us that way, and we ate government cheese. I survived.
I was a latchkey kid, so when I saw the 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,' that showed me that there was a different type of lifestyle out there. I was curious about it and amazed about it.
'SNL' ain't been relevant since Jim Belushi. It's on every week; it's not funny. They need to find some black women to put on there to make it funny.
Anyone driving a 1992 Cutlass, take it back, because I built it.
Everything that I've done on television has helped me to get the exposure that I need.
Being a former engineer, you learn to always go back, study yourself, see what you could've done differently, see what you could've said.
One day, we had a layoff at my job. And I went to my boss, and I said, 'Please save someone else's job. This is a win-win situation for the company and me - and just lay me off.' I did that in around 2003, and I never looked back. I became a full-time comic.
I did all this standup comedy in college, and from that point on, I tried to develop myself and get my name back out there.
Now that I live in Los Angeles, if I meet somebody from Detroit, it's like there's this brother- or sisterhood, where we're real folks.
I do think the audiences have a right to judge what they feel is offensive and not.
