The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.

Julie Christie, I used to hang out with her. She was friends with Richard Pryor and Warren Beatty and all of them. There was a club in Beverly Hills called the Candy Store, a private club. I used to hang out with them all.

Julie Christie, I used to hang out with her. She was friends with Richard Pryor and Warren Beatty and all of them. There was a club in Beverly Hills called the Candy Store, a private club. I used to hang out with them all.

As Richard Pryor was to Eddie Murphy, that's what Kurt Vonnegut was to me.

I've never seen anyone more messed up over success than Richard Pryor. For him, it's a constant battle between success in the white world and keeping it real for his black self.

People walked out on Richard Pryor and he's the funniest man alive.