Paul Mooney
Paul Mooney
Paul Gladney, better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, is an American comedian, writer, social critic, television and film actor. He is best known for his appearances on Chappelle's Show and as a writer for the comedian Richard Pryor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth4 August 1941
CityShreveport, LA
CountryUnited States of America
passionate passive naive
I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive.
hollywood-films black written
When they were making black films in the '60s and the '70s, everyone knew their place, if you get my drift. You understand? Everyone knew the rules, and everyone knew their place. Everyone knew what to say. They had the written rules in Hollywood film, and the unwritten rules.
packs-of-wolves packs audience
An audience can be like a pack of wolves.
racism reverse
There's no such thing as reverse racism.
people path traps
I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then trap them.
fame blackness ifs
If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.
fun white people
White people made up the n-word, they knew about racial jokes before anybody, and in their old movies and old cartoons they made fun of everybody, especially black folks. Racial jokes were not new to them.
dream white harlem
You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem.
messages comedy
There's always a message in my comedy.
technique robins being-funny
Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny.
talking racism insanity
Racism is a form of insanity. Human beings became racist when they started talking. Speech has a lot to do with it.
grandmother thinking southern
I don't do drugs. Because my grandmother raised me. I think like an old, black, Southern woman. If I'd have done coke, I'd probably be cooking pancakes.
goats stills
A goat's a goat. Whether you sauté or barbeque it, it's still a goat.
want too-much action
I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.