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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEStand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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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’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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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it’s a pretty good lifestyle.
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I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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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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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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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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They 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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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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