I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
DAVE CHAPPELLEIt seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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You know, be able to do something great in your life, you’re gonna have to realize your failures. You’re gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
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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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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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 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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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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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear – I’m not mad at anybody – not anymore.
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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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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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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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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 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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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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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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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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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 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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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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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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Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it’s not nothing, it’s something. But it’s not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable.
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