Audiences Quote by Brandon T. Jackson

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.

— Bernie Mac

But when I do book signings and personal appearances, the audiences are mostly white. Growing up here, I expected that and understand it. Black…

— George Pelecanos

I don't know what's funny and what's not so I test out all of my material in front of audiences.

— Daniel Tosh

'Smart Funny and Black' is basically a live black pop culture game show that I created. We have a live band. We have two…

— Amanda Seales

Race makes things funny. A black guy driving in NASCAR: not funny. A black guy driving a car sponsored by Tide: not funny. A…

— Carlos Mencia

Until recently, Hollywood offered only a handful of roles to actors of color. The majority of my opportunities have fallen into two categories: Scary…

— Baron Vaughn

'Smart, Funny and Black' is about celebrating, critiquing and learning about black culture, black history, and the black experience.

— Amanda Seales

'Smart Funny & Black' came about because I felt that black comedians were being considered as only capable of a certain type of comedy…

— Amanda Seales

Black audiences are probably the toughest for me to make laugh. I've gotten pretty good at performing for them, but it's still a challenge.

— Neal Brennan

Do mainstream crowds want to watch a movie about good things happening in black neighborhoods? Do black audiences want to see a little girl…

— Laurence Fishburne

When we were doing shows in the mid-'90s, the audiences were 95% black. What's happened now is the gentrification of hip-hop. A lot of…

— Boots Riley

Back in the 1970s, it was mostly all-black audiences coming into the theaters. So, we presented stories they could relate to.

— Rudy Ray Moore