The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you’re a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.
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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 enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I don’t want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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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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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.
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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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People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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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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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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