Richard Pryor

Actor

44 Quotes

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.

You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff.

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.

Everyone carries around his own monsters.

There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.

I was an only child.

I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.

I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.

I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.

Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.

There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.

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