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Larry Wilmore
American
Comedian
Born:
Oct 30
,
1961
About
Always
People
Think
Time
You
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Even though you're in charge, you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show. Look at comments about shows and tell me if I'm wrong. Look at shows like 'The Walking Dead' and the ownership that the audience has of that show.
Larry Wilmore
Me
You
Ownership
Though
Tell
Charge
About
Takes
Wrong
Like
Know
Look
Dead
Audience
Huge
Comments
Walking
Walking Dead
Your
Show
Even
Shows
Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown.
Larry Wilmore
Death
Time
Every
Unknown
Television
Television Show
Date
Execution
Sentenced
Show
You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you don't get a chance to catch on.
Larry Wilmore
Time
You
Sometimes
Wrong Time
TV
Never
Catch
Wrong
Wrong Place
Know
Get
Place
Chance
I do not look to Hollywood to give me character clues.
Larry Wilmore
Character
Me
Give
Give Me
Look
Clues
Hollywood
I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.
Larry Wilmore
Man
Happy
Black
Long
Obama
He
Disappointed
Voted
Him
Because
Said
Always
Being
Happy Man
Kept
I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
Larry Wilmore
Work
Age
World
Strong
Half
Had
Up
Very
Very Early Age
Get
Taught
Grew
Work Ethic
Ethic
Much
Hard
Twice
Early
Early Age
My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too?
Larry Wilmore
White
Too
Fearless
Pushing
Counterparts
Always
Line
Why
When most people become president, even if you disagree with their ideology, you can still agree that they would have the competence to run something... With Trump, I do not have the confidence of that at all.
Larry Wilmore
You
Confidence
People
Disagree
Ideology
Become
President
Run
Would
Something
Most
Still
Trump
Agree
Even
Competence
I really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you.
Larry Wilmore
You
To Be Honest
TV
Much
Really
Need
Honest
People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
Larry Wilmore
People
Pressure
Lot
Autonomous
Themselves
Creatures
Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.
Larry Wilmore
Good
Business
Sometimes
Country
Say
Bad
Unfortunately
I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.
Larry Wilmore
Myself
Consider
Would
More
Passionate
Centrist
Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.
Larry Wilmore
Focused
TV
TV Show
Something
More
Take
Because
Doing
Version
Different
Show
Things
I really enjoyed being able to be one of the people who weighed in on the events. As hard as it is to do that every day, because it is exhausting, it really is fun to do that, especially when you feel like you really did something well, and it really hit.
Larry Wilmore
Day
You
Every Day
People
Events
Every
Able
Something
Weighed
Feel
Like
Well
Because
Exhausting
Hit
Did
Being
Really
Hard
Who
Fun
Enjoyed
One of the missions of 'The Nightly Show' was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn't want to talk about it.
Larry Wilmore
Conversation
People
Sense
About
Missions
Talk
America
Want
Show
Things
Nightly
I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
Larry Wilmore
Type
Person
I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
Larry Wilmore
Pleasure
Take
Demise
Anyone
Really
The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.
Larry Wilmore
Good
You
Business
Everything
Part
Make
Because
Always
Very
Vexing
Certain
Show
Keep
I think the term 'fair reporting' is overused when it comes to journalism. I think saying they want to report evenly is more accurate.
Larry Wilmore
Saying
Think
More
Journalism
Term
Fair
Overused
Report
Accurate
Reporting
Want
Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.
Larry Wilmore
Sometimes
Mind
Down
Trying
Going
Successful
I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well.
Larry Wilmore
Time
Guess
Slot
My Time
Counted
Well
Happening
When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
Larry Wilmore
You
World
Word
Nothing
Television
Fair
Fantasy
Fantasy World
Really
Use
My parents are from the Midwest. They're from Evanston, Illinois. They moved out to Los Angeles right before I was born.
Larry Wilmore
Parents
Before
Out
Born
Angeles
Los
Los Angeles
Moved
Midwest
Illinois
Right
A lot of my family on both sides have worked in education and nursing, and my grandmother was a nurse; my sister is a nurse, and her - my other sister's daughter is going into nursing. There's a lot of that in the family.
Larry Wilmore
Education
Family
Daughter
Sister
Other
Nurse
Nursing
Sides
Both
Both Sides
Lot
Going
Worked
Grandmother
Her
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