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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
-
-
Everyone around me says, You’re a genius! You’re great! That’s your voice! But I’m not sure if they’re right.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
If you don’t have the right people around you and you’re moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
I’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
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 CHAPPELLE -
I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
Weed’s not as bad as everything else… ’cause weed is a background substance. You know what I mean, you can smoke some herb and still function. You ain’t crisp… but you’ll function.
DAVE CHAPPELLE -
I got a lot of positive people around me.
DAVE CHAPPELLE