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.
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’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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I’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.
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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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I started when I was 14. I figured out that’s what I wanted to do when I was 14. Even when I was six, I can remember people telling me, “You’re gonna be a comedian,” and all this stuff.
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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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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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You’ve got to say ‘yes’ to your destiny. Life’s happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!
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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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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 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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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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