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" Handshaking means, 'I don't have a weapon.' "

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" Tennessee Williams knew about the South, but he would clean it up and lie about it. "

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" When you know who you are, you know who you are. That's the real dangerous thing in Hollywood, because they all want to create you and mold you. "

" I think I have a mental nappy attitude. "

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" When they were making black films in the '60s and the '70s, everyone knew their place, if you get my drift. You understand? Everyone knew the rules, and everyone knew their place. Everyone knew what to say. They had the written rules in Hollywood film, and the unwritten rules. "

" I was born a comic. "

" Sometimes, what you do you have no control over because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that. "

" I'm as American as apple pie. "

" If you're happy with what you're doing, then you don't get bored. "

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" What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like. "

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" If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy. "

" We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I call them 'graham crackers.' "

" America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is 'race.' "

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