Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThey 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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I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it’s a pretty good lifestyle.
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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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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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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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The world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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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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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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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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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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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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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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