#be

I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#because #doing #enjoyed #i #performer

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#before #gone #hypocrisy #lot #more

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#back #bed #been #could #first

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

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#anything #believe #i #i believe #i believe that

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#bad #bad taste #been #believe #called