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 CHAPPELLEI 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 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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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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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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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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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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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 I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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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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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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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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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.
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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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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 enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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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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When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you’re a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.
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I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
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I have angst in my life, but I’m like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives.
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