I taught Sunday School for two years. And I got fired. I abused my authority. I used to teach class like this, “OK, if one more person talks, everybody is going to Hell.”
I do love the road, because for me, the road is very comfortable, and it’s very much what I’ve always wanted to do. It’s one of the most appealing things about comedy for me, so I do really have an affection for it.
My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don’t speak English.
For me to be ten pounds thinner is a full-time job, and I am handing in my notice and walking out the door!!
I love fashion, I’m actually a pretty talented seamstress, so I can make stuff for myself, but that’s really time-consuming.
A lot of the actresses who were around when I started, I don’t know where they are. Comics stick around.
Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is.
I think reality television is such a special talent.
We women are constantly at war with our bodies, it is hard to find amnesty for ourselves.
In the early ’90s, there was such a limited idea of what you could see on TV.
I think it is time for all babies to let us know who they want for president.
It’s important to feel beautiful; it’s political to feel beautiful.
My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.
I love New York. I love working here.
That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what we have learned. To teach what we know, and shorten the journey for those who will come after us.
I don’t like pot anymore – I forget why.
It’s like your batteries get low, and you need to charge them on someone else’s story.
If you really care about children then why would you want to keep families from adopting them?
It’s not the best between my family and me. There are so many crimes left unpunished, debts unpaid, white elephants in the middle of the room that no one will even offer a peanut to. We are in the red, emotionally speaking.
As a woman of color you have little more permission to go deeper and question things because your identity, in a way, is a shield. But if you come at it from a minority status, my person, who I am, softens the blow of whatever it is that I’m saying, because I am that.