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" My father had a lot of allergies, and he just didn't like the cold of Chicago, and his father - his parents had broken up when he was young, and his father had lived in Pasadena for a while, and he kind of fell in love with Southern California. "

Larry Wilmore

Parents

Broken

Chicago

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" I'm understated in my approach. "

Larry Wilmore

Understated

Approach

" I'm actually a big fan of having all the different types of voices on television. I think it gives people a nice little buffet that they can just pick and choose how they want to get their news and entertainment, I guess. "

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

" 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. "

" Any voting group has an interest that they want from politicians. That's why politicians have to talk to different people. But to reduce the black interest to free stuff is so insulting. It just makes me apoplectic. "

Larry Wilmore

Free

People

" I'm not going to grouse and complain when there's nothing I can do about it. Once you've broken up with somebody, arguing with them is not going to bring them back. You may want to stop their Twitter account or call them up late at night, but they made the decision to leave. "

" My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too? "

" My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm watching it, that counts, and there's only two left. It's a silly joke, but you know, different types of comedy reach different cultures. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.'' "

" I always compartmentalized so many different things. "

" There are tragedies that happen all the time in America, but there are certain types of tragedies that kind of pull us together and make us pause and give us a chance to reflect about where we are, where we're going, and that sort of thing. "

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

" MSNBC got rid of so many black people, I thought Boko Haram was running that network. "

" I've always watched the political shows. "

" 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

" 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. "

" Remember, MTV would only show white videos for a long time. Can you imagine that? That was the '80s when that happened. It's hard to even think of that now, you know? "

" I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic. "

Larry Wilmore

Work

Strong

" In my time, I experienced a black man not being able to be the quarterback of a football team. "

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

" All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most fulfilling is producing. "

" Some things are so tragic that you don't know what's funny in it, and some things are so ridiculous you don't know if it's worth talking about it. "

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

" It's a challenge to do satire when the thing you're satirizing is almost beyond satire, but I think that's a challenge for everybody. "

" I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man. "

" 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. "

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