I've wanted to do a Sammy Davis Jr. story for a long time. It's one of those pet projects that has to be done.Collection: Pet
What am I selling? Joy, happiness, a way to turn the ugliest ills of life on their head so you can laugh at it and not take it too serious.Collection: Happiness
The whole world is one big dysfunctional family. But no matter how dysfunctional we are, we can still have a positive impact on each other's lives. We can still try to get along together.Collection: Positive
No matter how dysfunctional we are, we can still have a positive impact on each other's lives.Collection: Positive
There is a systematic effort to destroy every black male entertainer's image. They want us all to have an asterisk by our name.
Biggest man law - be a man. Simple: be a man, definition of being a man is being a man. And don't let your woman turn you into a little boy.
We here a blink of an eye, even if we make it 75, 80 years, you still here a blink of an eye. Enjoy it.
You have to watch CNN, MSNBC, Fox and then the local news and then Al Jazeera. The truth is somewhere in the middle, because all of them are lying. It's what they're not saying that's really going on. What they're saying is called television programming. They're telling you this is the program. You are being programmed.
There are no 'Leave It to Beaver' families. Everybody's family's got that one nut that comes to the family reunion and you're like, OK, that guy's here.
The Tea Party ain't nothing but the Klan in street clothes. I liked 'em better when they were in the sheets, at least I could spot them.
That was my first Hollywood lesson: Just because you filmed a movie doesn't necessarily mean that you're in it.
I like racism above the ground so it can be dealt with, but when it's subversive and subjugated, it gets real dangerous.
I am definitely scary to a lot of people. I talk about realities that some folks just don't want to hear.
Me and Dave Chappelle were at Charlie Murphy's funeral. I got up there and I got to preaching, and I took over the church.
I remember asking my mom when I was 10 if I was adopted because I didn't look like my brothers and sisters. She said, 'Are you crazy? You think I am gonna go buy another mouth to feed?' So that settled that.
One night I went to this comedy club and paid a hard-earned $5 to get in, and every comic that came up was dry as an old turkey wishbone, as in not even close to being funny. When you're broke and you pay $5 to see somebody, you want them to be funny.
If I can relate the black experience to white people, then they can understand us better and not be so afraid.
Malcolm and Eddie Show,' a lot of other people came and went, but Malcolm and Eddie were steady on the case.
I don't like country music, so I won't buy a ticket. That doesn't mean I should be outside protesting.
I'm truly a believer that Satan was behind everything that happened in that White House, and now, the Republican party. Anything that is good for the people, they're against it.
In Hollywood, you serve no wine before it's time, give the haters no time to hate until it's too late.