You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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My wife asked me once if I weren’t a comedian, what I would do. I couldn’t answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
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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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I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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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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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 kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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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I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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