Hi,
Does anyone have any links to any interviews with Richard from magazines, tv shows, newspapers, etc?
Thanks a lot,
Tina
Interviews With Richard?
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Re: Interviews With Richard?
larrysonnsdaughter,
http://www.richardpryor.com/forums/msgs ... 62&forum=1 - Ask this guy ..I lost my copy and hope I can get it from him again .'
..there is a link somewhere around this site to an interview he did around the time of Stir Crazy but I can't find it........Sorry
http://www.richardpryor.com/forums/msgs ... 62&forum=1 - Ask this guy ..I lost my copy and hope I can get it from him again .'
..there is a link somewhere around this site to an interview he did around the time of Stir Crazy but I can't find it........Sorry
I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!
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Re: Interviews With Richard?
larrysonnsdaughter,
You may of already seen this one (it's probably posted somewhere around here even) but, you asked so here's a fairly recent interview that was granted to a lucky guy named Stephan Armstrong via email.
What was it like growing up in your grandmother’s brothel? It was beautiful and sad and scary for a kid to see all that. But that’s where I landed, and I made a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. They were all wonderful characters, even if they weren’t all good people.
Did you ever resolve things with your parents? No, I never did. I did get to see my mother and buy her a dress and a new purse for my Ed Sullivan Show performance when she came to New York. She knew that I loved her. I put a $100 bill in my father’s pocket when he was in the casket. We had a rough relationship. I miss them.
Are you a religious man? If so, are you angry with God at the way things have turned out? I’m not religious and I’m not angry with God at all. I’ve been angry with people. And yes, my life was always a struggle.
Speaking the way I did, a lot of people didn’t want to hear. But then they loved it. Yeah — always a struggle, even when it didn’t need to be. I brought a lot of that on myself.
What’s your opinion on drugs these days? Don’t do them. Anything can happen and it did, right here.
Why did you choose to walk off the stage in the middle of your Bill Cosby act and then do that race material? I didn’t have a choice. It was something I had to do to save my life. I was a joke, a bad joke and a liar, doing all that phoney material. After I lived in Berkeley for a while, I found my real voice, then I had no choice — I had to use it. Race had to be talked about openly and honestly after all that had happened to us in white America.
What was the audience’s reaction like when you started doing that material? Black people got to look at themselves honestly, the same as white people did, and the stuff I talked about helped them do that. They loved it. Probably some sort of relief to both races that they could finally be honest about their shit.
Has the condition of black Americans changed? Things have improved, but the fight never ends. Look what the Bush administration is doing to minorities, to women, to the world. We all must stay vigilant — and fight, hit the streets, whatever, when we need to.
Your performing persona seems to be so joyous about life, yet parts of your life story have been fury and pain. Which is the real you? Both sides are me. Many parts. Jenny calls me demon-angel.
Complicated people have both sides, the light and the darkness. You just have to keep an eye on that darkness, so that it doesn’t swallow you up. Just let it feed the art you wanna make and things you gotta say.
What do you think of white people now? What do I think of white people now? Some good, some not so good and some downright stinkin’.
Which comedians do you admire? I love Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Colin Quinn.
Was fame good for you? Fame was fun, but it was definitely another drug.
When were you happiest? Living in Hana (Hawaii) with Jenny was one of my happiest times. Going fishing. That first trip to Africa with Jenny was special.
Do you have any regrets? Yeah, motherf***er, I wish I (had)n’t set myself on fire. Is that enough of a regret for you?
Are you afraid of death? Yeah, I ain’t lookin’ forward to the grim reaper. I’m gonna try to kick his ass again when he comes.
Your bodyguard once said: “The problem Richard had was what happened when he was a kid. It created a void so big, it didn’t matter how famous he got.” Is that true?
F*** the bodyguard: Ray Charles can see that it all comes from my childhood. Then idiots like my bodyguard made it worse by talking about my shit. I tried to fill myself with all kinds of things that didn’t work. Now I am full of MS, and Jenny’s back, and, believe it or not, I have some sense of peace. What a life. And I ain’t dead yet, motherf***er.
~Howlinmoon
"Am I a part of the disease, or am I a part of the cure?"
You may of already seen this one (it's probably posted somewhere around here even) but, you asked so here's a fairly recent interview that was granted to a lucky guy named Stephan Armstrong via email.
What was it like growing up in your grandmother’s brothel? It was beautiful and sad and scary for a kid to see all that. But that’s where I landed, and I made a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. They were all wonderful characters, even if they weren’t all good people.
Did you ever resolve things with your parents? No, I never did. I did get to see my mother and buy her a dress and a new purse for my Ed Sullivan Show performance when she came to New York. She knew that I loved her. I put a $100 bill in my father’s pocket when he was in the casket. We had a rough relationship. I miss them.
Are you a religious man? If so, are you angry with God at the way things have turned out? I’m not religious and I’m not angry with God at all. I’ve been angry with people. And yes, my life was always a struggle.
Speaking the way I did, a lot of people didn’t want to hear. But then they loved it. Yeah — always a struggle, even when it didn’t need to be. I brought a lot of that on myself.
What’s your opinion on drugs these days? Don’t do them. Anything can happen and it did, right here.
Why did you choose to walk off the stage in the middle of your Bill Cosby act and then do that race material? I didn’t have a choice. It was something I had to do to save my life. I was a joke, a bad joke and a liar, doing all that phoney material. After I lived in Berkeley for a while, I found my real voice, then I had no choice — I had to use it. Race had to be talked about openly and honestly after all that had happened to us in white America.
What was the audience’s reaction like when you started doing that material? Black people got to look at themselves honestly, the same as white people did, and the stuff I talked about helped them do that. They loved it. Probably some sort of relief to both races that they could finally be honest about their shit.
Has the condition of black Americans changed? Things have improved, but the fight never ends. Look what the Bush administration is doing to minorities, to women, to the world. We all must stay vigilant — and fight, hit the streets, whatever, when we need to.
Your performing persona seems to be so joyous about life, yet parts of your life story have been fury and pain. Which is the real you? Both sides are me. Many parts. Jenny calls me demon-angel.
Complicated people have both sides, the light and the darkness. You just have to keep an eye on that darkness, so that it doesn’t swallow you up. Just let it feed the art you wanna make and things you gotta say.
What do you think of white people now? What do I think of white people now? Some good, some not so good and some downright stinkin’.
Which comedians do you admire? I love Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Colin Quinn.
Was fame good for you? Fame was fun, but it was definitely another drug.
When were you happiest? Living in Hana (Hawaii) with Jenny was one of my happiest times. Going fishing. That first trip to Africa with Jenny was special.
Do you have any regrets? Yeah, motherf***er, I wish I (had)n’t set myself on fire. Is that enough of a regret for you?
Are you afraid of death? Yeah, I ain’t lookin’ forward to the grim reaper. I’m gonna try to kick his ass again when he comes.
Your bodyguard once said: “The problem Richard had was what happened when he was a kid. It created a void so big, it didn’t matter how famous he got.” Is that true?
F*** the bodyguard: Ray Charles can see that it all comes from my childhood. Then idiots like my bodyguard made it worse by talking about my shit. I tried to fill myself with all kinds of things that didn’t work. Now I am full of MS, and Jenny’s back, and, believe it or not, I have some sense of peace. What a life. And I ain’t dead yet, motherf***er.
~Howlinmoon
"Am I a part of the disease, or am I a part of the cure?"
