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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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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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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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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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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 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’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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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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