It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
DAVE CHAPPELLEIt seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
DAVE CHAPPELLEMy father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou got to be careful of the company you keep.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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.
DAVE CHAPPELLERalph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he’s not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn’t even say that.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI got a lot of positive people around me.
DAVE CHAPPELLEMoney 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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEPeople don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
DAVE CHAPPELLEComedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
DAVE CHAPPELLEWeed’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 CHAPPELLEConstantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear – I’m not mad at anybody – not anymore.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe higher up I went, the less happy I was.
DAVE CHAPPELLE