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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEEveryone around me says, You’re a genius! You’re great! That’s your voice! But I’m not sure if they’re right.
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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. “I don’t understand this person. So they’re crazy.” That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.
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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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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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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
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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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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 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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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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For one year, I want to do this thing where I guest-star on as many television shows as I possibly can. I love television. The fact that television ultimately made me famous was very gratifying for me.
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