The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
DAVE CHAPPELLEThere’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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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’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.
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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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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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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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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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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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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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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.
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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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