Larry Wilmore Quotes

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it.

When I'm doing a one-on-one with somebody, I have to speak in a language that that person can understand, using a vocabulary that they instantly get, and I always have to feel my way around to figure that out. It's a lot of fun, and it's also really challenging - challenging in a different way from performing.

One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.

I like the challenges of doing different things. It keeps things fresh for me.

I never try and do the same show, ever. The audience controls the dynamic of the shows. Sometimes they listen, and sometimes they ask a million questions.

Whenever offers come my way, if I connect with it, then I am completely open to it.

I like all kinds of input.

I studied structured improv, where you start from one position and see where it takes you. I like spontaneity. If you set yourself up to do the same thing every night, you may not connect as well to a different audience.

For me, a show's a show. I try to put on the best show I can for whatever audience or time slot I get.

Life is a conversation. Make it a good one.

I'm very lucky to have been given a lot of freedom in my career, but it's also fun to play in other people's playgrounds!

I like showing versatility.

Versatility is the key today. We have a smart audience today; if you keep doing same stuff, nobody is going to watch you.

As soon as I get a typical day, I'll know I'm in trouble. I like doing different things all the time.

My only plan is to be versatile. That's how I started, and that's how I will continue.

I feel like I'm never playing the same sized venues within two or three shows. It keeps me and the band fit in a way. It keeps us on our toes just because you don't get used to one size and one energy. It's good to switch it up.

You have to let go of the control and allow things to develop. You need to have a flexible attitude, especially working with kids.

Every morning, we choose between milk or tea or coffee. Usually, I know what I like, but I don't rule out changing my idea sometimes. The editing process is one of the most important parts in everyday life. The same is with my work: mistakes are part of the decision-making process.

In apartments and cottages, on the street and in the train... I listen... More and more, I turn into one large ear, always turning to another person.

It doesn't matter what I use. It can be anything. What's interesting is how what I'm doing meets with the stuff I use.

That's the thing, I've got so many ways to go, even striking there's so many ways to go. I proved that.

I want to mix, match, take something off, move the ball around.

I go to each job and open my little briefcase up, and I take out the things that I have or I know. It might be a Swiss army knife, a quart of milk and a ruler. That might be all I can bring to it, but that's what I have.

I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.