I don’t want the money. I don’t want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThey do what they do for money – that’s all. I don’t even know why you’re listening to me. I’ve done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can’t even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is.
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I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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If you don’t have the right people around you and you’re moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.
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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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The world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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My father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.
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