American - Comedian | August 4, 1941 -
What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like.
Paul Mooney
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If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.
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My comedy is a nuclear bomb inside my mind. It's a weapon that's never been tested. It just blows up and flattens everybody.
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There's always a message in my comedy.
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My grandmother was the best. She loved you for you. She loved me for me. She was old-school. They broke the mold with her. They don't make them like that any more.
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Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself.
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I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then trap them.
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When I was 16 or 17, I saw Lenny Bruce being taken to jail. They took him off stage because he talked about race.
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Whatever that thing is that white people like in blacks, I don't have it. Maybe it's my arrogance or my self-assurance or the way I carry myself, but whatever it is, I don't have it.
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I think I have a mental nappy attitude.
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I do celebrate anything with freedom in it, you know.
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I am very concerned about Barbara Streisand using the 'H' word - 'honkey.' That's what I am concerned about. I am worried about Barbara.
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