Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryorwas an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and actor. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities and profanity, as well as racial epithets. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time: Jerry Seinfeld called Pryor "The Picasso of our profession" and Bob Newhart heralded Pryor as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 December 1940
CityPeoria, IL
CountryUnited States of America
You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.
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.
I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another.
When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.
I believe in divine forces and energies.
There are only two pieces of pussy you're gonna get in your entire life, that's your first and your last.
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.
Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.
I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.
Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?
What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.
There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.
It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.
I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it.