I've been doing stand-up longer than I've been doing anything. It's just learning how to act on camera, trying to get better at that, figuring out ho….

Whenever I eat at a restaurant I never put the napkin in my lap. People say, 'Hannibal, why don't you put the napkin in your lap?' Because I believe ….

I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up. And I knew I could, at worst, work as a stand-up. And I like to travel, and I knew I wanted to d….

When people go through something rough in life, they say, "I'm taking it one day at a time." Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works..

If you want to do anything, you got to go do it. Perform a lot, write a lot, make yourself better. Use the Internet, make videos, create content..

We were talking about urban youth. And by urban I mean lives in a city not urban as in black like white people use it..

Don't thank the lord, I gave you that compliment... Thank me..

I applied for a job at Starbucks. One of the questions was, 'Why do you want to work at Starbucks?' Uh, because my life is in shambles..

I like burritos more than Jesus because steak burritos are delicious. And they're real..

I didn't really get into comedy until a couple months before I started doing comedy..

My dad named me after Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general who attacked Rome. But nobody knows about him..

I don't want to die before Will Smith 'cause then I miss that awesome 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' marathon..

In my hometown of Chicago, I'm kind of a medium deal..

When somebody mangles one of my jokes, that bothers me more than somebody saying that I'm the worst comedian ever..

There's no room for failure performing [stand-up] for a black audience. If you don't get them right away it's tough winning them back even if you're ….

I like smoking at home. I like it to be one of the last things I do that day. I don't wake and bake at all; I couldn't do that. If I'm waking and bak….

When I'm doing shows I don't need much from a city. All I'm looking for is a good meal and a decent spot to have a couple drinks..

I play myself on everything I do..

The jokes now, it's just more stories and personal experiences. And just talking about things that really happened. It's just becoming more comfortab….

The more you progress, the more you learn. I try to pay attention to ticket counts, draws, guarantees and bonuses. I look at my deals closely these d….

I don't even know how to use a semicolon to this day; I use a comma every time. And you know what? If I email somebody and they get upset about me us….