Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI 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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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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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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I have angst in my life, but I’m like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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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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If 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 famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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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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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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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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Weed’s not as bad as everything else… ’cause weed is a background substance. You know what I mean, you can smoke some herb and still function. You ain’t crisp… but you’ll function.
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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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