Quotes By Dave Chappelle

I'm an introspective dude.

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.

If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.

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.

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

The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.

America, I appreciate you liking me.

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

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

People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.

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.

There's something about doing stand-up that's cathartic.

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.

If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.

I love my jokes.

I don't care if I ever work in TV again.

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

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.

I've done 10 or 11 pilots for network television, which is ridiculous.

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

If you don't have the right people around you and you're moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

You can't get unfamous. You can get infamous but you can't get unfamous.

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.