"My childhood was all about going to church, singing in church. And later on, after I got a little ol..." — Rudy Ray Moore

You know, I hope that someday they make a movie about me. People need to know the story of 'Dolemite;' they need to know my story.

I have to thank my mother for this. When I was a little boy she used to teach me poems. I would go in church and tell the poems in church for the Easter program, and again for Mother's Day and any occasion she felt would fit. I was very energetic with delivery at that time as a boy, so it stuck with me.