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When you look at America and its diversity, it's not a coincidence it's the best country on earth. Subtract that diversity, and it wouldn't be the greatest nation.

~Byron Allen

Topics: America Best Coincidence Country Diversity Earth Greatest Look Nation Subtract You

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Hollywood is a casino. You have to put your chips on the table and hope for the best.

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It's odd to say we had our first African American president before our first African-American-owned movie studio, but we're making progress.

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When you start punishing and censoring comedians, that's a real bad sign of us as Americans losing our First Amendment rights. As a comedian, I'm gonna push the boundaries. Some things you're going to love, and some things you're going to hate. But this is America. Great people died for us to have this right.

~Byron Allen

Topics: Amendment America American Bad Boundaries Comedian Comedians Died First First Amendment Going Gonna Great Great People Hate Losing Love Our People Punishing Push Real Right Rights Sign Some Some Things Start Things To Love Us You

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I'm not chasing independence, I'm chasing Walt Disney. I'm looking for a large piece of that box-office pie, not a tiny piece of that box-office pie.

~Byron Allen

Topics: Chasing Disney Independence Large Looking Pie Piece Tiny Walt Walt Disney

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There has to be a place carved out for independents, films where the heroes don't fly around in capes, but there are journeys and struggles we need to learn from and be inspired by.

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I'm listening to the audience. Too many people in Hollywood make what they want to see and not what we want to see. I'm about us. Not about me.

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Topics: About Audience Hollywood Listening Make Many Me People See Too Too Many People Us Want

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I have to have a seat at the table. I have to have a say on how we, as African-Americans, are produced and depicted around the world. Along the way, I'll be very fair to white people.

~Byron Allen

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I think you develop strong instincts when you're a comedian. You have to pay your bills by making people laugh every six seconds... or not. I had to do that for 22 years.

~Byron Allen

Topics: Bills Comedian Develop Every Had Instincts Laugh Making Pay People Seconds Six Strong Think Years You Your I Think

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African-Americans don't need handouts and donations; we can hire ourselves if white corporate America does business with us in a fair and equitable way.

~Byron Allen

Topics: America Business Corporate Corporate America Does Donations Equitable Fair Hire Need Ourselves Us Way White

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: Unknown

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