There were a lot of R&B GROUPS that were my heroes, but the FUNNY THING about my career and the way it went and where it went, at FIRST I didn't really WANT to do pop music. I was a little bit more into jazz and R&B.

That's always a funny THING, when people THINK they're known for EVERY LITTLE thing they EVER did, and they're really not.

The funny thing is, I was not a fan of horror when I was a kid. I was scared to watch scary MOVIES. And then along CAME 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,' and 'Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.' And I LIKE those FILMS because they made scary funny, and it was kind of ironic that I ENDED up doing the 'Hotel' movies.

A funny THING HAPPENS when you go to another country or invest in a COMPANY from another country. Suddenly EVERYONE in that community realizes that YC is for them, too.

My father was really GOOD with math. It's a funny THING, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a DOCTOR, but he came from a really poor FAMILY in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor.

The moment you think you're not funny, the next funny thing you think of is just AROUND the corner. So you have to appreciate the natural breathing patterns, the ups and DOWNS. There are MOMENTS you're going to be hilarious and moments where you're going to be not so hilarious. That's just the WAY it WORKS.

Criticism is a funny thing, because I think if you want to be SOMETHING, create something or make a DIFFERENCE in any WALK of LIFE you have to be hugely self-critical.

The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an ACTION movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-MEN,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' EVEN 'Trance' to a CERTAIN extent has little BITS of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.

The funny THING is, whenever I'm working on something, I kind of FORGET there's a LOT of people watching. It makes it easier to be in the MOMENT and to tell a story as well as possible.

I think your TENDENCY when you play yourself is to ACCENTUATE SOMETHING about you that you think is the FUNNY THING about you.

The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a STORY that has AFRICAN Americans in it, there ALWAYS has to be a WHITE guy who's the SAVIOR.

If you just stop and THINK, baby, honey, LOVE is a FUNNY thing. Whatever you PUT in, that's what you expect to gain.

The FUNNY thing is, I don't ACTUALLY THINK of myself as fat at all. I don't think I am. Not REALLY.

It's a funny thing, my RELATIONSHIP with Deep Purple. I already felt the pain and confusion of trying to REPLACE Ritchie Blackmore, which is a difficult thing to have in your head - SINCE the time when you were a kid, that guitar SOUND and approach is what you associate with Deep Purple.