Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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 got a lot of positive people around 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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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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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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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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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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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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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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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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For one year, I want to do this thing where I guest-star on as many television shows as I possibly can. I love television. The fact that television ultimately made me famous was very gratifying for me.
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