Comedy Has Been So Good

I've Always Been A Reserved Cat. When I Play Sports, There's People Used To Get Mad At Me Because I Didn't Hang Out And Things Like That. I've Never Been That Kind Of Person. Nothing Has Changed In That Regard. I've Never Been Posse, And All That. I'm A Quiet Storm.

I Can't Build Myself By Beating Somebody Down.

I Don't Care About How I Look; I'm Dedicated To The Laughs. You Know, I Used To Be A Clown, So - My Name Was Smoothie The Clown. All The Training I Had, All My Training Is Geared Toward Making People Laugh, And I Didn't Care About Being Cool.

I Became The Storyteller Of South Side Chicago. I Used An Old Kiwi Liquid Shoe Polish As A Microphone. I'd Go Around The House Interviewing Everybody, Telling Stupid Jokes, Doing Voices. I Mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., People On 'laugh-in,' Flip Wilson.

I Wasn't Disciplined At All. As Good Of An Athlete As I Was, I Was Not Disciplined. Had I Had The Drive That I Have In Comedy, And Acting, And Writing, That's Why I Knew It Just Wasn't Right For Me.