Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you’re interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou’ve got to say ‘yes’ to your destiny. Life’s happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.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 don’t want the money. I don’t want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.
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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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You know, be able to do something great in your life, you’re gonna have to realize your failures. You’re gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
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My wife asked me once if I weren’t a comedian, what I would do. I couldn’t answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
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I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it’s a pretty good lifestyle.
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I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it’s not nothing, it’s something. But it’s not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable.
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The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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They 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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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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