I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
DAVE CHAPPELLERalph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he’s not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn’t even say that.
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When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
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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 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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My 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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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.
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I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
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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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I 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’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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Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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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