“With the amount of money I have, it’s difficult raising children the way I was raised.”

I do love the films I’ve done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we’re trying to make people laugh and I’m very proud of that.

My comedy is different every time I do it. I don’t know what the hell I’m doing.

Girls are soft and pretty.

I really do enjoy making movies and I try to test myself on occasion with some different stuff.

A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I’ve always worked hard.

I can’t run a company… I can’t even run my own life!

Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things.

I never had a speech from my father ‘this is what you must do or shouldn’t do’ but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn’t perfect.

I think I’m playing grown up because I have kids now. But I don’t feel grown up yet.

My kids don’t have a trust fund, they have a debt fund. And when I die, they’re $4 million in the hole.

I don’t know what drives me to succeed. I know I want to always do the best I can.I guess I was maybe in little league baseball as far as I wanted to be good at that. But school, I certainly wasn’t the best at that.

Mama says that, happiness is from magic rays of sunshine that come down when you’re feeling blue.

I’ve always wanted to do a family movie.

I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

My buddies, we’ve always just tried to make each other laugh. I mean, just like all friends hanging out – that’s the goal.

When I do stand-up shows at colleges, girls will talk to me after the show, and that always feels good. I like talking to them.

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.

On the seashore of endless worlds children meet.

What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

I’ve been writing since I was maybe seven.

I am all about new beginnings. A new grandchild, another new hairstyle, a new email account. Why not a new relationship with the press?