I personally knew and worked with Sammy Davis, Jr. Sammy hired me to open for him at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas when I was a 19-year-old standup comedian, and that's where my fascination with his incredible story began. — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
I think you develop strong instincts when you're a comedian. You have to pay your bills by making people laugh every six seconds... or not. I had to do that for 22 years. — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
I personally knew and worked with Sammy Davis, Jr. Sammy hired me to open for him at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas when I… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
Black America now has the power to achieve economic inclusion, which we rightfully deserve because we built this country. This is a conversation that… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
I'm not chasing independence, I'm chasing Walt Disney. I'm looking for a large piece of that box-office pie, not a tiny piece of that… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
It's odd to say we had our first African American president before our first African-American-owned movie studio, but we're making progress. — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
We need one America - one that includes housing, education, jobs, access to capital, and economic inclusion for every American. This will create a… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
What we have to do is get the corporations to understand you must include African-American-owned media. — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
There has to be a place carved out for independents, films where the heroes don't fly around in capes, but there are journeys and… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
When you start punishing and censoring comedians, that's a real bad sign of us as Americans losing our First Amendment rights. As a comedian,… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
I'm listening to the audience. Too many people in Hollywood make what they want to see and not what we want to see. I'm… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
When 'Real People' aired in 1979, we did OK in Los Angeles and New York. What kept that show from being canceled were the… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
Al Sharpton is not important. He's nothing more than a black pawn in a very sophisticated white economic chess game. — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
I think you develop strong instincts when you're a comedian. You have to pay your bills by making people laugh every six seconds... or… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
