Sep 4, 1960 - Present
Costar and writer of TV series In Living Color
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Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.
I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible.
Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head.
My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone.
When people didn't know me and I was doing stand-up. That's when I was most creative.
We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories.
This town was built on nepotism.
The show has become my therapy.
The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about.
Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.
So few people, especially young black children, have the opportunity to actually watch a show from conception to fruition.
Nobody can stop you but you. And shame on you if you're the one who stops yourself.
My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up.
My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand.
I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
I never thought about being famous.
But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did.
Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk.
And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.
And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.
