“I always wanted to be as busy as possible so that if one job went away I’d still have plenty of other things to do.”

I actually wanted to be an attorney. I did do things on the side like improv and sketch comedy, but law was my focus. I was a very bookish, academic kid. When I got out of college,

I’m just myself, so I don’t know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.

My parents were vegetarians. I’d show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

I’m my own boss and my boss is a total ass.

I take the most wrenchingly painful moments of my life, brush them off and present them for the amusement of others. Luckily for me, my childhood was torture.

I was not one of those people who wanted to be a comedian when I was growing up. I liked comedy, but didn’t know it was something you could do for a living.

Every ethnic group has this where people within it will try and tell each other how they should be.

They always say some women like to fix people. I don’t like to fix people, but you like a challenge.

If you haven’t noticed yet, working sucks. Unless you are a racecar driver or an astronaut or Beyonce, working is completely and utterly devoid of awesome.

When I get old and slow down I want to look behind me and see all the fire and the wreckage and no stone left unturned.

Marriage isn’t a carnival ride.

On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.

I’m just going to be the best version of me that I could possibly be and be as funny as I possibly can.

I think diversity in television is important. It’s not about trying to fill a quota or satisfy some idea of diversity.

Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands.

So everything is all the same job in my eyes, and I don’t want to ever give up any part of it.