I realized with Broadway everything written for black people is usually written in the past, and I'm kind of a contemporary guy. I don't think you want to see me in 'Raisin in the Sun'.

Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.

Kids always act up the most before they go to sleep.

I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school.

It's almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy: the great comedy that comes from great pain.

I wasn't necessarily looking to do comedy on TV, but I don't think it's an accident that I ended up on 'Community.'

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing with comedy is that most of the time, you could be orange. It doesn't matter, as long you're funny.