Quotes from Nipsey Russell

Game shows are like golf and tennis are for some men. It's not like going to work.

There aren't any messages in my social protestations.

Humor is based on the way a man looks at life's ironies, and being a member of a minority group can certainly be ironic.

Many times good actors I have known in New York accept series. I tune in at the beginning of the new season and think 'He's really working.' But six months later, if I tune in again, the actor is on a treadmill, grinding it out as best he can, and he can't help it.

Some college athletes don't want to turn pro, they don't want to take the cut in pay.

He who turns the other cheek will get hit with the other fist.

The kids are saying 'Make Love, Not War', and I'm beginning to think they're right. For war costs millions of dollars a day, and love--just a few bucks a night!

My only mission is to look for fun, the lighter side of life. I spell it fool-osophy.

Real progress will have been made when people don't care or even notice the color of a comedian when they'll just be concerned with whether he's funny.

I'm all for ERA. I want to see women equal to men - not so damn superior like they've been.

I began working on stage in Atlanta when I was 3, doing a dance act with the Ragamuffins of Rhythm. Later I became a juvenile straight man for the older comedians. After that I worked out a stand-up act.

In all my years in show business - on stage, clubs and TV shows - my audience has been 75 percent white. In Las Vegas and Atlantic City I look out at the crowd and only see a few black faces here and there. But I can't allow myself to be conscious of the race factor. I couldn't perform my best under those conditions.

If the social evolution leads to jokes, I use them.

Our country's social revolution lends itself to jokes and I use them.