Better to have an authentic, interesting conversation and have the show be a little quieter than just setting up jokes that at the end of the day nobody cares about, that, I'm not interested in. I'd rather be scared by something somebody says. Larry Wilmore More Quotes by Larry Wilmore More Quotes From Larry Wilmore Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct. Larry Wilmore slaverysecessioncauses I love writing family stories. Larry Wilmore storieswriting You know that sadness and rage you feel about your money? That's the way some of us feel about people. Larry Wilmore sadnesspeopleway When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another. Larry Wilmore magicinterestkids The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them. Larry Wilmore nominationsoscarswhite I've always felt like I had a guardian angel in some of those ways. Larry Wilmore guardianangelway "Keep it 100" means keeping it 100 percent real. It comes from the expression ... "keeping it real," which means you are being completely honest and 100 percent real means you are really being honest, which is kind of a contradiction of sorts. You're either being honest or you're not. Larry Wilmore realexpressionmean Even though you're in charge you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show. Larry Wilmore ownershipaudienceshows I do believe that the Mormon Church is at kind of an awakening, in two different ways: More people are becoming aware of it, and it's becoming a force to be reckoned with. There's a lot of Mormon converts globally. Larry Wilmore twobelievepeople My basic political philosophy is, I ain't mad at that. Which basically means I don't have to have a strong opinion about everything. I'm too tired most of the time. Why do I have to take a stand on everything? Sometimes I'm just not mad at it. Like, What do you think about gay marriage? I ain't mad at you, you're gay and you're married: I ain't mad at you, go do it. Larry Wilmore strongphilosophymean I don't care if my opinion falls on the right or the left. I'm more of what I call a passionate centrist. I just believe what I believe. I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too. Larry Wilmore givingbelievefall You could be a music prodigy at age 4, like Mozart, but you can't be a writing prodigy. Larry Wilmore prodigiesagewriting I've always been sort of entrepreneurial. ... I felt that I needed to learn how to write and produce so I could write my own thing and not worry about Hollywood finding me. Larry Wilmore hollywoodworrywriting Hollywood wanted a certain type of comic - that Def Jam comedy style of comic that was very loud, very brash, very much from the ghetto, had that sensibility. Larry Wilmore ghettostylehollywood When I was born there were still different drinking fountains you had to drink out of. Larry Wilmore fountaindifferentdrinking I grew up in California. I was outside of the city, not directly in it. So I did have an experience of the sky, but for me, it was the idea of space exploration that fueled my interest. I grew up in that age of the astronauts, and I was fascinated that we could leave the Earth. Larry Wilmore citiesskyideas When I was a kid, there was kind of a given that there were some really bad, racist police out there. That's just what America was like when I was a kid. Larry Wilmore policekidsamerica It was tough when people would say, "Aren't you so excited?" about the new show and I couldn't really say, "Yes, well, I'm going through a divorce right now, too." Larry Wilmore divorcetoughpeople Catholic and Jew - it's very closely related, a lot of holidays, a lot of guilt, a lot of the same things going on. Larry Wilmore holidaycatholicguilt I think it was Fran Lebowitz who said that there are no writing prodigies. You have to have something to write about. Larry Wilmore prodigieswritingthinking
