My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.
Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark.
When I go in to see people - and I sell an occasional ad now - I never say, 'Help me because I am black' or 'Help me because I am a minority.' I always talk about what we can do for them.

