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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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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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You know, be able to do something great in your life, you’re gonna have to realize your failures. You’re gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
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Everyone around me says, You’re a genius! You’re great! That’s your voice! But I’m not sure if they’re right.
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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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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.
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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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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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