Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
DAVE CHAPPELLEFame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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?
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe higher up I went, the less happy I was.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
DAVE CHAPPELLEWhen I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
DAVE CHAPPELLESomething about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you’re interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.
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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEStand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou 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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEPeople don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
DAVE CHAPPELLEOnce you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
DAVE CHAPPELLEYou’ve got to say ‘yes’ to your destiny. Life’s happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!
DAVE CHAPPELLEI’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThe hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
DAVE CHAPPELLEMy 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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