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I was born a comic.
I'm as American as apple pie.
Arizona has always been anti-black.
I like comedy, I mean, in all forms.
There's always a message in my comedy.
I think I have a mental nappy attitude.
There's no such thing as reverse racism.
An audience can be like a pack of wolves.
Handshaking means, 'I don't have a weapon.'
What does America love more than one white male?
I do celebrate anything with freedom in it, you know.
I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive.
People ask me, when was my best time? I always say, 'Today.'
Comedians period, in general, have demons, and myself included.
If you're happy with what you're doing, then you don't get bored.
A goat's a goat. Whether you sauté or barbeque it, it's still a goat.
Majority doesn't rule. One person can change the history of the world.
Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny.
I have known Michael Richards for something like 20 years. We're friends.
I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here.
People think you're crazy if you turn money down... people worship money.
Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself.
A new broom can sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is.
I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.
You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it.
You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem.
Tennessee Williams knew about the South, but he would clean it up and lie about it.
I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen.
I got my sense of humor from my grandmother. You know, my grandmother was very funny.
A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby.
I read a lot of history. The passive Jews in Germany didn't survive. The smart ones got out.
People don't want to hear the truth; they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy.
If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.
Listen, we've got one little ol' black president, and white folks are upset, but they've had 43.
White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that.
America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is 'race.'
The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.
When I was 16 or 17, I saw Lenny Bruce being taken to jail. They took him off stage because he talked about race.
Racism is a form of insanity. Human beings became racist when they started talking. Speech has a lot to do with it.
America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself.
If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.
When you watch TV, I didn't know black people were that happy. I had no idea they were that happy. I'm trying to find them.
My comedy is a nuclear bomb inside my mind. It's a weapon that's never been tested. It just blows up and flattens everybody.
What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like.
There are still plenty of movie people peddling black stereotypes. I guess Tyler Perry's probably the most massively successful.
I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then trap them.
America does not like losers. Look how we treated those soldiers who came back from Vietnam. Because they lost. America likes winners.
I am very concerned about Barbara Streisand using the 'H' word - 'honkey.' That's what I am concerned about. I am worried about Barbara.
We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I call them graham crackers.
I could drop dead tomorrow, the truth will be here. Truth is forever; when you read our history, truth is forever, and it always outs itself.