Stand-up is the kind of gig that’ll show you where you’re at.
DAVE CHAPPELLEChivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
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I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear – I’m not mad at anybody – not anymore.
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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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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 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 world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
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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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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 got a lot of positive people around me.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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Something 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.
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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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