Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby
William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr.is an American former stand-up comedian, actor, author and singer-songwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth12 July 1937
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
blowing buttons cut driven games heads kids somewhere
The problems with kids having short attention spans is driven by entertainment, reset buttons on games, games having to do with getting somewhere and heads blowing up. Everything is 'cut to the chase, cut to the chase.'
There are two sides to every story, and sometimes three, four, and five.
edge embarrass family kept thinking trouble
What kept me out of trouble is going right to the edge and then... thinking that my mother would be embarrassed, and that I didn't want to embarrass her, and that my father would be embarrassed, and I just didn't want to do that to my family.
america believed civil despite eliminate movement
By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America during our lifetime. But despite significant progress, racism remains.
cosby lowering rejected
'The Cosby Show' made an impact on comedy, television and culture. We rejected lowering the bar.
reinvent
You don't reinvent yourself; you get better with what you do.
looking people tired
People say to me, 'Do you know who you look like?' And I say, 'I'm really tired of looking like that guy.'
accepted happiest religious saying scoring september temple university
In September of 1960, I was blessed - and I'm not saying blessed in the everyday religious way - when Temple University accepted me after scoring 500 on the SAT. I was 23 years old, and they put me in remedial. I was the happiest remedial person on earth.
age decided high life point
I managed my life to the point that at age 19 I was still in high school. I decided I was too old to be walking down those hallways.
car commercial funny saw whatever
I never saw anything funny in a car commercial - but that's OK. Whatever they wanted to do - it's their product and I'm the spokesperson, and I'm going to deliver.
sitting
In all of my career, the style is still the same, and that is of a friend, just sitting and talking.
approaches biggest claim people raised
People have all kinds of approaches when they come up to me. Some of them are so nervous: 'You know, Mr. Cosby, you are my biggest fan!' I am? Some of them even claim that I raised them.
life people
Things from real life are the things that get people laughing.
parts
Things are old. Parts are old. I'm talking about 'us' parts. AARP-parts. Some of us were born with stronger parts than others.