Dave Chappelle

And he was great.

And one of the things that made me love him for doing the sketch is that when he showed up,

He was nervous, which was a huge honor that he cared as much as I cared.

And man, we were good.

Up until the day he died, we were good.

Well, I don't know that everyone can do it.

I'm not going to say any names, but I think for me it was definitely Ellington.

Okay.

You know, there's a vulnerability that an actor has to have that I don't know that comedians are necessarily vulnerable the same way.

And with the mercy of a script, like, you know, unless you're working on something flexible, you got to service the writer's words.

But acting is an amazing skill.

Now, this has nothing to do with me.

But the fact that it's one of my favorite performances I've ever seen.

And I think I told you about this.

I saw you once in Mars.

Denzel Washington in Training Day is like watching the most technically perfect... It's like everything...

I learned in school he executes perfectly.

If you know what you're looking at, it's amazing.

And in the Academy Museum in L.A., they have his script with the marked up margins.

And I saw it and it just reminded me of how much work this guy puts into acting and how serious he is.