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 CHAPPELLEMy 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.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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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 don’t want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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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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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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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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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
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You’ve got to say ‘yes’ to your destiny. Life’s happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!
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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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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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