Richard Pryor

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. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#him #i #i love #just #lot

I was an only child. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#i #only

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. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#back #day #every #every day #except

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#gonna #hour #i #laugh #like

Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#crazy #crazy life #dead #find #had

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

— Richard Pryor

#been #chance #had #i #me

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

— Richard Pryor

#deal #feelings #lawyers #marriage #really

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

— Richard Pryor

#any #fiber #going #hurt #i

Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure? ↗

— Richard Pryor

#been #called #died #everyone #ex-wife

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#black #boycott #certain #church #films