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" I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh every second. Sometimes things deserve a little more discussion, and then you can have some fun after that. "

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" I think the term 'fair reporting' is overused when it comes to journalism. I think saying they want to report evenly is more accurate. "

Larry Wilmore

Saying

Fair

Journalism

" I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things. "

" Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compared to the rest of Utah - it's like this purple dot in a sea of red. And the government there is kind of a mix of conservative values and progressive ideas. "

" It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day. "

" You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game. "

" You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you don't get a chance to catch on. "

" In my career, I'm always trying to do something different. "

" I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do. "

Larry Wilmore

Fun

Love

" Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things. "

Larry Wilmore

Focused

Doing

" My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad. "

" Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown. "

" I really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you. "

" The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer. "

" My parents are from the Midwest. They're from Evanston, Illinois. They moved out to Los Angeles right before I was born. "

" I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic. "

" I'm understated in my approach. "

Larry Wilmore

Understated

Approach

" I don't have that kind of Southern experience of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy. "

" Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics. "

" You never want to defend a joke. People get to choose whether or not to laugh and whether or not they think something is funny. "

" Even though you're in charge, you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show. Look at comments about shows and tell me if I'm wrong. Look at shows like 'The Walking Dead' and the ownership that the audience has of that show. "

" I'm not really a self-promoter-type person. "

Larry Wilmore

Really

Person

" I really enjoyed being able to be one of the people who weighed in on the events. As hard as it is to do that every day, because it is exhausting, it really is fun to do that, especially when you feel like you really did something well, and it really hit. "

" I'd rather go after the people who are the guardians or what we're doing - the news people and the politicians and that sort of thing. I always feel like those should be my targets, not really entertainers. That's just my personal opinion. "

" I'm too tired most of the time. Why do I have to take a stand on everything? Sometimes, I'm just not mad at it. "

" The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane. "

" No matter what his crimes were, Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them. Look, guys, the punishment for resisting arrest shouldn't be death. The punishment for selling bootleg CDs shouldn't be death. The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state shouldn't be death. The punishment for being a black man shouldn't be death. "

" Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying. "

" I really love storytelling. "

" As long as you say I'm the guy who's real about it, I have no problem being the person who people look to to talk about race. "

" Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else. "