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.
DAVE CHAPPELLEIt seems like there’s never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.
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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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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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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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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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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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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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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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 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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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.
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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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I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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