or even an edye murphy movie. that wasn't my tone. and this movie, the important thing was i found a tone that works for me. when i do stand-up, seldom do i talk about anything that's funny. almost nothing in my act is funny, if you go topic to topic. >> but that's what people say is your genius too. you can talk about race like nobody else talks about race and you can go places nobody else can get out of. >> i like to get in-- i like to put the audience in a hole. i like to say something that's absolutely comedically.the holeen dig and that's what i did with the movie. the povie, i play a guy who is an alcoholic, a cheat, a hack, you know what i mean. just like, very unlikeable character. you know. and you know i take you on a journey. and i try to help you understand where this guy is coming from. >> rose: tell me about writing it and what you wanted to create. because people have said this is about fame. it's about celebrity, it's about wanting to be taken for something you're not necessarily taken for. >> that's okay. i got to go