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
Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.
I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.
Crosses only scare vampires away because they're allergic to bullshit.
I expected Dracula to come jumping out any second. If he did I'd have held up a cross, cause he's allergic to bullshit.
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.
When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!
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.
The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?
I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn't find one god damned Pryor!
I see people as the nucleus of a great idea that hasn't come to be yet.
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.
Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? It's almost like you know that God's there.
If I ain't horny, I check to see if my heart's beatin'.
I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.