Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
DAVE CHAPPELLEBeing famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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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 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 don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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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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 have angst in my life, but I’m like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives.
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you’re a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.
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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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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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