Demond Wilson

We did 'Sanford' for 6 years. After that amount of time, you're tired from the inside almost going through the motions, and that's sad.

If they only knew - I'm talking about John Q. Public - if they only knew the hearts of these senators and congressmen, then Trump would seem like the Pope.

People ask me to tell a joke or entertain at a benefit or something, and they are really surprised when I tell them that's not my line.

Redd is a comedian and one of the greatest in the business.

Sanford and Son' is definitely the best thing that has happened to my career. It is an invaluable experience.

My father was a tailor.

When I was little, if the music was on I'd start to dance.

I played the Apollo Theatre as a novelty act when I was about eight-nine-10. I'd stand in the wings in case some other act couldn't go on.

I can't even stand the smell of liquor on a person's breath.

I can fulfill my needs both materialistically and spiritually with my job.

If you're a true artist you have to fulfill yourself.

I could play with a chicken. 'Demond Wilson and Chicken' and it would be a hit.

I never wanted people to laugh at me. I never wanted the funny lines. I wanted the straight lines.

I always fancied myself as serious.

You can't make everyone in the world like you. If you try, you're just spinning your wheels and you frustrate yourself and you become Sammy Davis Jr.

The kind of money they pay on TV is nice.

I don't go on auditions.

Often, your ego will take over because you have people who want to offer you large amounts of money to do certain things that really aren't as good as they should be.

When I'm onto something, I don't like to do a haphazard job.

I'd met enough comics to know that few of them are happy. In fact, now that I think about it, I can't think of four comedians who are happy.

I love Redd. We have an understanding. He never has to guess what I'm thinking, 'cause I tell him about my feelings positive or negative.

I don't need people around me to be happy, and I don't need parties and large crowds, so I go home and stay there.

I like to present Blacks in the proper light.

Saw 'From Here To Eternity' 38 times and I aspired to be like Hopalong Cassidy.

Of course I'm concerned with my craft, but I'm first a businessman. What's wrong with that?

My priorities are God, my family, my business and my craft.

You bet your sweet bippy I care about money.

Success means security but also insecurity.

I can't be sure any more when I meet new people whether they want to be my friend because they like me or because they like being around a star. You get kind of paranoid about that.

Vietnam makes your morale was very low.

Sanford and Son' is like snooting a movie every week.

You see, to me all races of people are fascinating.

I got to the point where nothing made me happy. My children didn't bring me any joy. My wife didn't bring me any joy. I didn't know how to love people; I tolerated them.

My first book is called 'The New Age Millennium: An Expose of Symbols, Slogans and Hidden Agendas.' When the book first came out, everybody called me a conspiracy theorist.

I never wear sandals or go out of the house in blue jeans. You can't dress like that when you drive a big Cadillac like I do.

All in the Family' was such a mean-spirited show. There was no humanity there - just a bunch of people arguing about the issues of the day.

Trump speaks his mind. I admire that.

I don't think Trump is scary.

I don't want to sound bitter about 'Sanford and Son.' I'm not. It threw me into stardom. It made me wealthy.

I'm a Holy Ghost-filled, fire-baptized man.

My heart was always good.

I was always a compassionate man.

God makes you a new person.

I love preaching the gospel more than anything else I've ever done.

God took me out of the world. He refined me and took my mind out of acting. I didn't have the desire to be in it anymore.

If the Lord wants me to do a film, we're going to have to wrestle a while.

In Hollywood, you can't make friends.

I had bought the Great American Dream. I'd attained wealth and success, and the world was an empty, desolate place for me.

I was sitting out by my tennis court one day, and I looked up at my house, and it looked like a prison. All these things I had, they were such a burden. They were hanging on me like a yoke. My personal life was falling apart for no particular reason.

Unlike most black entertainers, Redd never forgot where he came from.