America Quote by Byron Allen

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

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

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

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

What we have to do is get the corporations to understand you must include African-American-owned media.

— Byron Allen

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

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

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

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

Al Sharpton is not important. He's nothing more than a black pawn in a very sophisticated white economic chess game.

— Byron Allen

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

I have to have a seat at the table. I have to have a say on how we, as African-Americans, are produced and depicted…

— Byron Allen