I can apply myself to the format of 'SNL,' I can apply myself to the format of 'Conan,' but at the same time, I'm still being J. B. Smoove. I'm not changing up my style, I'm not changing up how I think, what's funny to me, my delivery, the way I carry myself.
When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.
If a director brings a guy to their movie who does improv, they've got to let him do what he does - otherwise it's like bringing Michael Jordan to your basketball team and telling him to just pass the ball and don't shoot.
You got to start by doing little things if your quest is to take over the world.
I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.
You want your lady to be a contortionist. What man wouldn't want a lady who's a contortionist?
You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.
I was the hallway clown in high school.
When you speak directly at things and don't say you're going to try to do something or that you hope to do something, the universe will work with you. Think about it this way - a boomerang goes out and comes back to you if you throw it. If you throw it out at the universe, it will come back down to you on Earth.
I’m trying to be the Jay-Z of comedy one day. I don’t know if there’s any comedy moguls out there, but I would love to be the first comedy mogul.
I'm big on facial expressions, and I'm big on mannerisms, which I find to be hilarious.
I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
I don't like to dabble in anything I don't do well. I don't talk politics.
Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
It's an ongoing joke that a black man is always the first one to get killed in movies.
I am addicted to hockey now. I've seen it on TV, but to be there? I had no idea that white people were having so much fun without me.
I have big hands. I can't do the touch-screen thing. I'm a button guy. I want to press buttons.
You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' - the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
I thought 'Pineapple Express' was hilarious.
I try to dress smooth, I try to keep my face shaved, I try to keep my head cut. I try to do all the things to keep it smooth going!
For me, standup will always be some part of my life, and other things will move around and find their place.
I think what I do in my acting world and what I do in my standup world is bring up a brand that I want to bring across. Once you figure out your brand and what you do, it's kind of easy at that. You end up getting your audience.
I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.
