Larry Wilmore

“I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist.”

“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.”

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

“There's something about a new family moving into the White House that's kind of interesting, even if you didn't vote for them.”

“We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.”

“The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. And sometimes the material requires a more straightforward approach, and sometimes it requires a little more silliness, you know?”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“It was the Cosby issue that made me realize how much I really cared about women's issues and how much I realize it's important for me to be an advocate for issues that aren't necessarily my own, to be an ally for issues.”

“I always compartmentalized so many different things.”

“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.”

“When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody.”

“People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.”

“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.”

“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.''”

“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.”