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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEIf 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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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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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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You got to be careful of the company you keep.
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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it’s not nothing, it’s something. But it’s not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable.
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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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I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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My father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
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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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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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There’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 love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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