I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
DAVE CHAPPELLEIf I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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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I started when I was 14. I figured out that’s what I wanted to do when I was 14. Even when I was six, I can remember people telling me, “You’re gonna be a comedian,” and all this stuff.
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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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I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
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I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.
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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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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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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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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.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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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 still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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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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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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