“It's really no different for me 'cause I work for BET so it's like the writers are always on strike.”

— D. L. Hughley

Commenting on the Writers Guild strike.
Appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (January 17, 2008)

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American actor and comedian 1963

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