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The studios gotta start making more stuff where black folks get quality stuff. But I can't trip about that because I've been making movies for 35 years, and I've played everything from an old lady to a donkey, so I can't be on here talking about, 'They don't give us enough roles' and diversity. ”
As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older. ”
I stopped doing standup because it stopped being fun. And the reason it stopped being fun was it was harder to write - and this was before the Internet - it was harder to write new stuff. It had gotten so crazy. ”
I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything. ”
I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor. ”
I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing. ”
I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters. ”
In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are together. I think we did a good job. ”
Getting divorced didn't sour me on the institution of marriage. I'll tell you what I'll never do: I'll never get divorced again. ”
I love the Beatles. ”