A lot of my family on both sides have worked in education and nursing, and my grandmother was a nurse; my sister is a nurse, and her – my other sister’s daughter is going into nursing. There’s a lot of that in the family. Larry Wilmore Read Quote
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. Larry Wilmore Read Quote
If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that there was a show there. That was probably liberating for them. Larry Wilmore Read Quote
I’m not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too. Larry Wilmore Read Quote
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. Larry Wilmore Read Quote
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. Larry Wilmore Read Quote
Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position – their responsibility has to be high as well. Larry Wilmore Read Quote
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. Larry Wilmore Read Quote
