“Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get f...” — Flip Wilson Quote

Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.

I have the bug again. I'm expecting the response to seeing the show again on Nick to be very good, and this will set the groundwork for what I want to do.

I have my outlet for my humor through my characters, and I also have the intimacy of rapport with my fans that allows me to explain my philosophy and spirituality.

Funny is an attitude.

I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.

The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.

I always say I want to die on the eighth curtain call. Eight will mean the show's been rather a success.

Whether you win or not, the night the Oscars are over, the curtain goes down and you go back to the grind. Period.

I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.

I remember the Soviet Union and when the Iron Curtain fell down in 1991. I was just 20 years old, and everybody had a dream to live in a modern democratic society, in a modern country. More than 15 years passed, and nothing changed. There's a saying I like very much: if you want a thing done well, do it by yourself.