Occupation: Comedian Birth: August 4, 1941
The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats..
What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like..
You can't pick when you're touched. You can't pick the time. It just is. It's the reality. What it is, is. I can't change the past. I can only deal w….
If you're happy with what you're doing, then you don't get bored..
Handshaking means, 'I don't have a weapon.'.
When you know who you are, you know who you are. That's the real dangerous thing in Hollywood, because they all want to create you and mold you..
America does not like losers. Look how we treated those soldiers who came back from Vietnam. Because they lost. America likes winners..
The political arena is the funniest.They [politicians] are always pretending to change, but they never change. They're the best actors and actresses ….
People think you're crazy if you turn money down... people worship money..
Hillary Clinton could say she was a woman and running for president. And Sarah Palin could say she was a woman and running for vice-president. But Ob….
I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action..
Racism is a form of insanity. Human beings became racist when they started talking. Speech has a lot to do with it..
Whatever that thing is that white people like in blacks, I don't have it. Maybe it's my arrogance or my self-assurance or the way I carry myself, but….
You know who you are. If my mother is a nun and someone comes up to me and they go, 'Your mother is a prostitute.' It is not going to bother me, beca….
There's no such thing as reverse racism..
Majority doesn't rule. One person can change the history of the world..
I don't do drugs. Because my grandmother raised me. I think like an old, black, Southern woman. If I'd have done coke, I'd probably be cooking pancak….
I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive..
People in America worship money, and a white man's face on a green piece of paper does not make me wealthy. My health makes me wealthy. I used to wor….
You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it..
What does America love more than one white male?.