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I always want to err on the side of mercy, juvenile lifers released by a Supreme Court decision, the recidivism rate was less than 1%. That's a remarkable statistic. That demonstrates that these individuals, once they are released, are not Hannibal Lecters, they're out living their best lives. … You age out of crime. Now imagine people who have never taken a life to begin with, imagine what that recidivism rate would be. – John Fetterman	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I got a lot of flak for that. I had people writing me awful things: ‘Bill Cosby’s not a rapist, Hannibal, you are.’ What?! That’s not how that works! – Hannibal Buress	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I won't say this is a pure race study, but in this 30- or 40-minute time period where I'm going back and forth to Macy's, two white people recognized me on the street, and they were like, 'Hi, Hannibal Buress, what's up, man?' and then there was a black dude and a black woman, and separately they both walked up to me and were like, 'Yo, you just walking around and st?'. – Hannibal Buress**	Found on CNN 8 years ago
NBC has allowed us to craft a television series that no other broadcast network would have dared, and kept us on the air for three seasons despite Cancelation Bear Chow ratings and images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards Practices enforcers, [NBC Entertainment exec] Jen Salke and her team have been fantastic partners and creatively supportive beyond measure. 'Hannibal' is finishing his last course at NBC's table this summer, but a hungry cannibal can always dine again. And personally, I look forward to my next meal with NBC. – Bryan Fuller	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We had been telling the story of Hannibal Lecter, foreigner in America, so far, and now we transition the story, he's returning to more familiar settings to lick his wounds. It allows us to explore the emotional bandwidth of his character and see him pining for his friend Will. – Bryan Fuller	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps. – James Thurber	added by anonymous 10 years ago

I always want to err on the side of mercy, juvenile lifers released by a Supreme Court decision, the recidivism rate was less than 1%. That's a remarkable statistic. That demonstrates that these individuals, once they are released, are not Hannibal Lecters, they're out living their best lives. … You age out of crime. Now imagine people who have never taken a life to begin with, imagine what that recidivism rate would be.

– John Fetterman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I got a lot of flak for that. I had people writing me awful things: ‘Bill Cosby’s not a rapist, Hannibal, you are.’ What?! That’s not how that works!

– Hannibal Buress

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I won't say this is a pure race study, but in this 30- or 40-minute time period where I'm going back and forth to Macy's, two white people recognized me on the street, and they were like, 'Hi, Hannibal Buress, what's up, man?' and then there was a black dude and a black woman, and separately they both walked up to me and were like, 'Yo, you just walking around and s**t?'.

– Hannibal Buress

Found on CNN
8 years ago

NBC has allowed us to craft a television series that no other broadcast network would have dared, and kept us on the air for three seasons despite Cancelation Bear Chow ratings and images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards Practices enforcers, [NBC Entertainment exec] Jen Salke and her team have been fantastic partners and creatively supportive beyond measure. 'Hannibal' is finishing his last course at NBC's table this summer, but a hungry cannibal can always dine again. And personally, I look forward to my next meal with NBC.

– Bryan Fuller

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We had been telling the story of Hannibal Lecter, foreigner in America, so far, and now we transition the story, he's returning to more familiar settings to lick his wounds. It allows us to explore the emotional bandwidth of his character and see him pining for his friend Will.

– Bryan Fuller

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps.

– James Thurber

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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