Dave Chappelle Quotes (14 Quotes)

I got a big kick out of that, actually. I think even when we were doing the concert ... everyone thought it was kind of cool that three busloads of people came from southwest Ohio.

You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.

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.

But there was something really serendipitous that was happening, with some kind of energy that things would ultimately just work out, sometimes better than when you plan.

I see that they put every black man in the movies in a dress at some point in his career.

Most people don't know what it's like to stand up there and speak their mind. I have a venue to do that. I get paid to do that. It's not like I'm doing heavy lifting up there. It's not like I'm solving the world's problems. It's like I'm hanging out with a bunch of people and it's cool.

So then he comes in and I says 'Listen, btch, ahm Rick James.'

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

like I'm hanging out with a bunch of people.

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.

We just jumped out and started shooting with the band, and then one thing led to another. You see it unfold in the movie, but by the end of just hanging with them we had decided, 'Why don't we have them come to Brooklyn' It was pretty awesome.

Wow. ... That's a good question. ... Is I don't know' an acceptable answer.

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

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