Dave Chappelle Quotes

• Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.

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• The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.

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• After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

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• America, I appreciate you liking me.

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• Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.

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• Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

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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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• Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.

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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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• I don’t care if I ever work in TV again.

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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 if you learn it the right way.

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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 enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.

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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 interested in controlling you.

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  I got a lot of positive people around me.

   

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• I got real important relationships in my life that are very empowering relationships.

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• I just always loved stand-up. It’s like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they laugh again. The fact that people come to see that and participate in that… I don’t know, it’s just like magic.

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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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• I love being famous – it’s phenomenal.

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• I love my jokes.

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Dave Chappelle (57)

Birth:	24th August, 1973
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Producer, Screenwriter

About

David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelle was born in Washington, D.C., U.S. He is an American comedian, screenwriter, producer and actor. After beginning his film career in 1993 as Ahchoo in Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights, he landed minor roles in box office hits including The Nutty Professor, Con Air, and Blue Streak. His first lead role was in the 1998 comedy film Half Baked. In 1991, he graduated from Washington's Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where he studied theatre arts.

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