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
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
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
For artistic fulfillment I prefer to work live. For career advancement, I go to the media. — Nipsey Russell Art 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
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
Divorces are getting so common that a woman I know doesn't bother getting a new marriage license. They just punch her old… — Nipsey Russell Dog 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
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
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 College Copy Share Image
I began working on stage in Atlanta when I was 3, doing a dance act with the Ragamuffins of Rhythm. Later I… — Nipsey Russell Dance 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
Our country's social revolution lends itself to jokes and I use them. — Nipsey Russell Country 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