As Long As You're A Tax Deduction,

It's An Honor To Walk In The Footsteps Of A Legend. As Host I Intend To Honor The Tradition Of The Bob Hope Classic And Have A Great Time Blazing A New Path.

So I Started To Relax And Would Work On My Act Eight Hours A Day, Sitting At A Desk Writing At My Grandmother's House, And I Would Put On Richard Pryor Live On Long Beach And Would Play It Like A Loop And Think And Write

This Is L.a. You Wanna Learn Spanish? Take The Bus.

I Didn't Want To Be Nobody, And That Was The Only Way I Could Be Somebody Was To Do Stand-up.

By The Time I Was 11, I Wanted To Be A Comedian. So All Those Years Later, I've Managed To Achieve My Dream As A Kid, And It Wasn't Easy. I'm On The [hollywood] Walk Of Fame And I'm One Of The 25 Most Influential Hispanics In America, According To Time Magazine. I Think My Duty Is To Go Back And Tell Kids, 'whatever Color You Are, Wherever You Come From, Anything And Everything Is Possible.' And I'm Living Proof.