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.
DAVE CHAPPELLENo matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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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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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 kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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It seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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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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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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 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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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.
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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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