Larry Wilmore

I've always watched the political shows.

— Larry Wilmore

I always compartmentalized so many different things.

— Larry Wilmore

There's a lot of magic in science, so to speak.

— Larry Wilmore

I'm not really a self-promoter-type person.

— Larry Wilmore

I'm understated in my approach.

— Larry Wilmore

I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.

— Larry Wilmore

I just believe what I believe.

— Larry Wilmore

I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.

— Larry Wilmore

In my time, I experienced a black man not being able to be the quarterback of a football team.

— Larry Wilmore

'Westworld' is bizarre. I don't know what to think of 'Westworld.'

— Larry Wilmore

When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody.

— Larry Wilmore

When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.

— Larry Wilmore

I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative?

— Larry Wilmore

You go, dark energy! Go on, dark matter. They don't understand you, dark matter. They don't get you.

— Larry Wilmore

I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time.

— Larry Wilmore

I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist.

— Larry Wilmore

I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side,…

— Larry Wilmore

We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his…

— Larry Wilmore

All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most…

— Larry Wilmore

It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end…

— Larry Wilmore

Some things are so tragic that you don't know what's funny in it, and some things are so ridiculous you don't know…

— Larry Wilmore

I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it…

— Larry Wilmore

My parents are from the Midwest. They're from Evanston, Illinois. They moved out to Los Angeles right before I was born.

— Larry Wilmore

Any voting group has an interest that they want from politicians. That's why politicians have to talk to different people. But to…

— Larry Wilmore

It seems that there's a constant humbling - I don't know if that's the right word - because things are disproved all…

— Larry Wilmore

A lot of my family on both sides have worked in education and nursing, and my grandmother was a nurse; my sister…

— Larry Wilmore

"Keep it 100" means keeping it 100 percent real. It comes from the expression ... "keeping it real," which means you are…

— Larry Wilmore

We had a segment called Tampon Tuesdays that I was very proud of; that was hilarious because there are a lot of…

— Larry Wilmore

I grew up in California. I was outside of the city, not directly in it. So I did have an experience of…

— Larry Wilmore

I'm actually a big fan of having all the different types of voices on television. I think it gives people a nice…

— Larry Wilmore

My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm watching it, that counts,…

— Larry Wilmore

I have this rule. It's called 'Top Dog-Underdog:' Underdog gets to make fun of Top Dog, but Top Dog can't make fun…

— Larry Wilmore

During my career as a standup and actor, I realized it was very frustrating for me to get hired because Hollywood was…

— Larry Wilmore

I love writing family stories.

— Larry Wilmore

I started as a standup comic and an actor.

— Larry Wilmore

I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.

— Larry Wilmore

I really love storytelling.

— Larry Wilmore

Not everybody's gonna get your vision.

— Larry Wilmore

A lot of science started off as magic, where people were burned at the stake for doing science basically.

— Larry Wilmore

I am from Pomona, California. I was born in Los Angeles.

— Larry Wilmore