Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle
David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelleis an American stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and actor. After beginning his film career in 1993 as Ahchoo in Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights, he landed supporting 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, which he co-wrote with Neal Brennan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth24 August 1973
CountryUnited States of America
Dave Chappelle quotes about
The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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.
Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.
One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.
I'm Dave Chappelle and I'm a chronic masturbator.
Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he's not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn't even say that.
I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
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.
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.
I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
Hey hey hey, smoke weed everyday
I don't really frick with Africa cause people are starving to death and that's not ballin' to me.
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.
The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.