50 Larry Wilmore Quotes for You to Enjoy

Larry Wilmore

American Comedian

Born: Oct 30, 1961

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Related authors: George Carlin Groucho Marx Milton Berle Mitch Hedberg Robin Williams Rodney Dangerfield Steven Wright W. C. Fields

I have this rule. It's called 'Top Dog-Underdog:' Underdog gets to make fun of Top Dog, but Top Dog can't make fun of Underdog. But you know what? You get Top Dog, you get to be Top Dog. Congratulations! And that dynamic happens not just in race but in many different ways. It's like the male-female dynamic. Larry Wilmore

I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person. Larry Wilmore

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If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that there was a show there. That was probably liberating for them. Larry Wilmore

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You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game. Larry Wilmore

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Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compared to the rest of Utah - it's like this purple dot in a sea of red. And the government there is kind of a mix of conservative values and progressive ideas. Larry Wilmore

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I just believe what I believe. Larry Wilmore

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My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad. Larry Wilmore

'The Daily Show,' at its core, is the answer to the nightly news. Larry Wilmore

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I was an athlete, so I hung out with the jocks. I was smart, so I hung out with the nerdy kids. I was also into theater, so I hung out with the misfits... So I was always in different groups, and those groups never quite overlapped. The racial part of it was just another one of those groups, in one sense. Larry Wilmore

I don't have that kind of Southern experience of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy. Larry Wilmore

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I'd rather go after the people who are the guardians or what we're doing - the news people and the politicians and that sort of thing. I always feel like those should be my targets, not really entertainers. That's just my personal opinion. Larry Wilmore

'Westworld' is bizarre. I don't know what to think of 'Westworld.' Larry Wilmore

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I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative? Larry Wilmore

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My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm watching it, that counts, and there's only two left. It's a silly joke, but you know, different types of comedy reach different cultures. Larry Wilmore

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I get recognized by some people in my community, but not a lot. In fact, they would say, 'What do you do?' And I would say, 'Well, I did 'The Bernie Mac Show.'' And they would say, 'Oh, really? Well, do you know so-and-so?' And I'd say, 'Yeah, I hired them. I was the boss!' They don't believe it. Larry Wilmore

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The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer. Larry Wilmore

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I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist. Larry Wilmore

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I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time. Larry Wilmore

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The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. And sometimes the material requires a more straightforward approach, and sometimes it requires a little more silliness, you know? Larry Wilmore

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I'm actually a big fan of having all the different types of voices on television. I think it gives people a nice little buffet that they can just pick and choose how they want to get their news and entertainment, I guess. Larry Wilmore

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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words. Larry Wilmore

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When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time. Larry Wilmore

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