Paul Mooney

I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen.

I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive.

We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I call them 'graham crackers.'

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

Jokes are very curious things psychologically.

It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.