Larry Wilmore

This was me trying to help. When I look back at it now, I didn't know it at the time.

This was me trying to help. When I look back at it now, I didn't know it at the time.

Well, the thing that is positive for me is if I view my life as a life of service, then that's helpful. Right. Because you can never fill that pot. You can always give something. Even when I give people advice on showbiz, I say, don't look at showbiz as something you can get something out of. Look at something you can put something into. Make a contribution to it.

Well, the thing that is positive for me is if I view my life as a life of service, then that's helpful. Right. Because you can never fill that pot. You can always give something. Even when I give people advice on showbiz, I say, don't look at showbiz as something you can get something out of. Look at something you can put something into. Make a contribution to it.

Put something there that hasn't been there. And if you operate like that, it's more of a creative way to exist in the business rather than I'm not getting one out of it. It's a little more selfish way and it's very transactional and sometimes it works, but it can be very frustrating.

Put something there that hasn't been there. And if you operate like that, it's more of a creative way to exist in the business rather than I'm not getting one out of it. It's a little more selfish way and it's very transactional and sometimes it works, but it can be very frustrating.

Would you be considered autistic, do you think? It's possible I could have been on the spectrum. My son has Asperger's. I think my dad is on the spectrum. I really do.

Would you be considered autistic, do you think? It's possible I could have been on the spectrum. My son has Asperger's. I think my dad is on the spectrum. I really do.

I might be, yeah.

I might be, yeah.

Well, my dad's never been diagnosed. He would never admit it. But I think it's possible that he is. My son was diagnosed, and he is. I would be a very high-functioning. Sure.

Well, my dad's never been diagnosed. He would never admit it. But I think it's possible that he is. My son was diagnosed, and he is. I would be a very high-functioning. Sure.

Yeah. So I don't have, there were some of the social things I might have, but I also, I played a lot of sports. I was involved in theater. So I did socialize. I wasn't a self-player type of thing, even though I did do a lot of that too. But it wasn't until, so it was a combination of acting classes, therapy by proxy, that I started having permission to have my own emotions.

Yeah. So I don't have, there were some of the social things I might have, but I also, I played a lot of sports. I was involved in theater. So I did socialize. I wasn't a self-player type of thing, even though I did do a lot of that too. But it wasn't until, so it was a combination of acting classes, therapy by proxy, that I started having permission to have my own emotions.

The acting class actually helped a lot because you had to, You had to emote and that kind of stuff too. Yeah, and you kind of go, I remember taking acting classes. And you're like, oh, I don't think I've ever felt this myself. But like, interesting, okay. Right, to really tap into how you really feel about something and that kind of stuff. So I really grew as a person during that.

The acting class actually helped a lot because you had to, You had to emote and that kind of stuff too. Yeah, and you kind of go, I remember taking acting classes. And you're like, oh, I don't think I've ever felt this myself. But like, interesting, okay. Right, to really tap into how you really feel about something and that kind of stuff. So I really grew as a person during that.

And it was after that I was able to attract the woman who became my wife.

And it was after that I was able to attract the woman who became my wife.

so i think i had to go through that i think you have to be the right person to attract the right person yeah going back to my stand-up idea you know you i think you're going to attract the version of yourself that's going to push all the buttons and if you're in the frail button pushing mode you know that's not going to be good because you're going to pick that person the version of yourself that's going to push their buttons

so i think i had to go through that i think you have to be the right person to attract the right person yeah going back to my stand-up idea you know you i think you're going to attract the version of yourself that's going to push all the buttons and if you're in the frail button pushing mode you know that's not going to be good because you're going to pick that person the version of yourself that's going to push their buttons