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  • During my career as a standup and actor, I realized it was very frustrating for me to get hired because Hollywood was hiring a different kind of brother, you know, and I was doing political humor... In order for me to really have a long career, I'm going to have to learn how to write and produce for myself... I had no idea I was really going to like it and I'm very fortunate to be successful. But the idea was to always eventually create something for myself. That was the idea from the beginning when I went into writing and producing.

    "‘The Nightly Show’ host Larry Wilmore: ‘Has race been in the news lately?’". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. January 19, 2015.