I don’t know if it’s a woman’s tone of voice or training. Maybe guys are like, When I go home, I have to hear it. Right now I’m at work.

If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me...

A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.

Usually, there’s nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.

I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me.

If you feel like there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.

Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.

What drives the creative person is that we see it all.

I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.

If you’re passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.

Also, Def Jam came along, and everybody was doing it without really practicing or trying to be better comics, just trying to get on TV.

I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.

It’s fun coming back home. The crowds have so much love and support for me. They’re really smart crowds and I love playing in D.C. for that reason.

In ’87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.

And then also I think it’s harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

I think it’s because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that’s real.

There is a double standard out there. Comedy is a male business; it’s not ladylike what we’re doing. But at the end of the day, if it’s funny, it’s funny, and funny tends to quiet...

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

Back then, I was doing more of my impression of what a comic is supposed to do.

I was really gifted at being able to construct a joke, but it’s like they weren’t even memorable, my first jokes, because they were so about nothing.

I got the job by walking into the director’s office, … I saw this guy behind a desk and said, ‘Where is the director, little boy? What is this — bring-your-kid-to-work day?’

It wasn’t until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes; at first it was put the jokes out there and I’m just behind the jokes.

But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you’re funny you will get over all of that.

I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.

Monster-in-Law, I’m not going to say anything bad about that girl. Everybody picks on her. And she doesn’t deserve it.

It’s easier to rip somebody to shreds while you’re making them laugh.

But I understand that relationship; I understand how the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law relationship has so many conflicts because it’s so forced.

I’m a big Cosby fan. I respect the man.

I know it sounds like the party line, but I just love doing this show, … Larry is just an odd man, and in such an inappropriate way. He’s funny. He’s a genius, and he’s...

It’s hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.

But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I’ll hear it, but the men will keep talking.

I’m here today because I hated everything else.

Of course, my mother would love for me to work clean,

Men don’t hear women.

Don’t bother me while I’m eating, or when I’m coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.

I’m here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.

We have to get out there and touch the people and let them know that you are thinking about them and to try and lift their spirits and get awareness out there to the rest...

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.

I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.

I’m really funny now.

Louis is so damn talented,

Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.