No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI’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.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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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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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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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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I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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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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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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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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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 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 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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I got a lot of positive people around me.
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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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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 just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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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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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
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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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You’ve got to say ‘yes’ to your destiny. Life’s happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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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 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 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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Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
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