I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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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.
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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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My father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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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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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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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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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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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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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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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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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 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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One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.
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