"Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted."
"You have to be able to look back at your own life and say, "Yeah, that was fun." The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and you're still functioning, you're the luckiest person in the world."
After once hearing someone complain about discrimination, he said,
"You got it easy. I'm a short, ugly, one-eyed, black Jew. What do you think it's like for me?"
"You have to be able to look back at your own life and say, "Yeah, that was fun." The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and you're still functioning, you're the luckiest person in the world."
After once hearing someone complain about discrimination, he said,
"You got it easy. I'm a short, ugly, one-eyed, black Jew. What do you think it's like for me?"
