My exercise is pall-bearin' for athletes and food faddists. — Nipsey Russell Athletes Copy Share Image
Some college athletes don't want to turn pro, they don't want to take the cut in pay. — Nipsey Russell Athletes Copy Share Image
I feel the life expectancy of a comedian is 30 seconds. If you don't hook an audience in half-a-minute, you're dead. — Nipsey Russell Audience Copy Share Image
For artistic fulfillment I prefer to work live. For career advancement, I go to the media. — Nipsey Russell Art Copy Share Image
I'm all for ERA. I want to see women equal to men - not so damn superior like they've been. — Nipsey Russell Damn Copy Share Image
If you owe too much on American Express, and your Diner's Club notes are too hard, take a loan on your Visa,… — Nipsey Russell American express Copy Share Image
I've dropped a lot of race humor from my routines, not because I think it is in bad taste, but because I… — Nipsey Russell Bad Copy Share Image
You see, the patience of an audience is very short, particularly with a non-entity. You're an intruder, and you must make them… — Nipsey Russell Always Copy Share Image
In all my years in show business - on stage, clubs and TV shows - my audience has been 75 percent white.… — Nipsey Russell Atlantic city Copy Share Image
Many times good actors I have known in New York accept series. I tune in at the beginning of the new season… — Nipsey Russell Beginning Copy Share Image
Six good guest shots on top shows during one season are more than enough and any producer who wants to make me… — Nipsey Russell Enough Copy Share Image
I used to say, 'We've always had integration in the South... we just want it now in the daytime. — Nipsey Russell Always Copy Share Image
I was so scared the first time I flew the flight attendant called me Whitey. — Nipsey Russell First Copy Share Image
Game shows are like golf and tennis are for some men. It's not like going to work. — Nipsey Russell Game Copy Share Image
Our country's social revolution lends itself to jokes and I use them. — Nipsey Russell Comedy Copy Share Image
There's no money in television, but TV provides the wherewithal to get the dollars for live performances. — Nipsey Russell Dollars Copy Share Image
I use mother-in-law jokes, kid jokes, tax jokes - anything that works. — Nipsey Russell Anything Copy Share Image
He who turns the other cheek will get hit with the other fist. — Nipsey Russell Cheek Copy Share Image
Humor is based on the way a man looks at life's ironies, and being a member of a minority group can certainly… — Nipsey Russell Humor Copy Share Image
The kids are saying 'Make Love, Not War', and I'm beginning to think they're right. For war costs millions of dollars a… — Nipsey Russell And love Copy Share Image
One character mistook me for the model and remarked 'That Man-Tan sure works wonders!' That ain't Man-Tan. I'm tan, man. From my… — Nipsey Russell Character Copy Share Image
I knew racial discrimination at its worst in the 1930s. I lived with the humility of it but I never lost my… — Nipsey Russell Adversity Copy Share Image
Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean? — Nipsey Russell Congress Copy Share Image
Real progress will have been made when people don't care or even notice the color of a comedian when they'll just be… — Nipsey Russell Comedian Copy Share Image
As far as television is concerned, I'm just not interested in working on a series. Why should I settle for being someone's… — Nipsey Russell Banana Copy Share Image
If you see me on the street, don't just say, 'There goes Nipsey.' Walk over and say, 'Hello Nipsey,' and give me… — Nipsey Russell Back Copy Share Image
