Michael Richards

American actor and comedian

Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949) is an American actor, three-time Emmy Award winner, writer, television producer, and comedian, most famous for playing Cosmo Kramer on the television show Seinfeld, which aired from 1989 to 1998 on NBC.

Michael Richards in 1993

Quotes

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Laugh Factory incident (2006)

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"Kramer's" Racist Tirade : Caught on Tape" at TMZ.com (20 November 2006)
  • Shut up! Fifty years ago we'd have you upside-down with a fucking fork up your ass!
  • They're going to arrest me for calling a black man a nigger?
  • You can talk! You can talk! You can talk! You're brave now, motherfucker! Throw his ass out! He's a nigger! He's a nigger! He's a nigger! A nigger, look, there's a nigger! Ooh! Ooh! All right, ya see? It shocks you, it shocks you, to see what's buried beneath, you stupid mother fuckers!
  • Well, you interrupted me, pal. That's what happens when you interrupt the white man, don't you know?
  • Cracker-ass? Are you calling me cracker-ass, nigga?!
  • He's a nigger! He's a nigger! He's a nigger!
  • What was uncalled for? It is uncalled for you to interrupt my ass you cheap motherfucker!
- responding to the heckler saying "That was uncalled for"
  • What's the matter, too much for you to handle?"
  • Ohh, I guess you got me there. He's absolutely right. I'm just a wash up. Gotta stand on the stage.
- responding to the heckler saying "You're not funny! You're a reject! You never had no shows! You never had no movies! 'Seinfeld' that's it!"
  • Ohh I guess I gotta quit because I said nigger
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