Larry Wilmore Quotes
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The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.
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My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too?
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I really love storytelling.
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I just believe what I believe.
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Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.
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I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Not everybody's gonna get your vision.
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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.
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Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well.
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We had a segment called Tampon Tuesdays that I was very proud of; that was hilarious because there are a lot of women's issues out there that a lot of people don't know about because they're not women, and they don't have to go through them.
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I am from Pomona, California. I was born in Los Angeles.
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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.
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I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is.
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There's something about a new family moving into the White House that's kind of interesting, even if you didn't vote for them.
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Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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No matter what his crimes were, Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them. Look, guys, the punishment for resisting arrest shouldn't be death. The punishment for selling bootleg CDs shouldn't be death. The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state shouldn't be death. The punishment for being a black man shouldn't be death.
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I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person.
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When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
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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.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.