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I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.

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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.

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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.

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I watch Jay. I watch 'Letterman'. I flip back and forth between 'Conan' and 'Letterman', especially the top of the show for those guys.

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I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all.

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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.

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The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'

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It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.

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I have problems with YouTube and things like that, when you catch it mid production. If I'm doing a show and I'm working on a bit and someone's there with a phone, they record it and put it online - it's not the finished product.

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Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality for somebody else. Let's pass it on. Let's pass it on to somebody else. At the end of the day, it is all about inequality.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: March 7th, 1964

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