Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?'

I stand up to people.

Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate.

The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough?

I come from a blue-collar town - and being from that place, you learn not to let anybody take advantage of you. You don't let people mistreat you. You stand up for what's right.

I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny.