Richard Pryor

“I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.”

“There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.”

“If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.”

“I'm not for integration and I'm not against it.”

“A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.”

“Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.”

“The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can m...”

“I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.”

“I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.”

“I was an only child.”

“I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.”

“It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.”

“I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!”

“I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.”

“I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.”

“There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.”

“I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.”

“I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.”