Dave Chappelle Quotes

I started when I was 14. I figured out that's what I wanted to do when I was 14. Even when I was six, I can remember people telling me, "You're gonna be a comedian," and all this stuff.

Who goes from America to Africa for medical attention?

I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.

Where I'm from? A little town called none of yo god damn business.

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

I care about the work I do. But I'm not going to say that money's not an issue.

I got a lot of positive people around me.

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.

The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back.

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

I got my hat pulled up low and no one can really see me. I'm ducked out. People do recognize me, and I have a pretty interesting fan base. It's a diverse group.

I don't do any jokes that old. I might have maybe one or two jokes from high school that I still do.

New white people, you can't scare these white people, I tried.

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.

I'm an introspective dude.

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

My generation is under-entertained.

A celebrity, whatever I am, you get cut off sometimes from people just by circumstance.

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

America, I appreciate you liking me.

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.

Is this the 5:00 Free Crack Giveaway?

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

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

Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.

I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, I'll walk away from show business. But I don't want to walk away empty-handed.

The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.

I'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.

The language you are about to hear... is disturbing.

I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.

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.

The biggest enemy of an artist is apathy... A kid gets killed by the police and I buy a T-shirt and before I can wear that one, there's another kid (killed) and I'm running out of closet space.

The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.

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.

The higher up I went, the less happy I was.

Jerry Seinfeld, he was doing Letterman show all the time, so he kind of had an excuse, that people know the jokes already. He didn't have time to do stand-up. A guy like me, I have no excuses.

What is wrong with me i just bought a bag of weed from an infant.

Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right.

If you're Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, and your marriage is breaking up - that's an awful thing. But to see that speculation in people, it's gotta sting a little bit.

It seems like there's never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.

Why don't you click your heels three times and go back to Africa.

I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.

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

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.

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.