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
I got 10 minutes I'm saving. If you do it, I'll do it.
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.
So then he comes in and I says 'Listen, b*tch, ahm Rick James.'
You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.'
No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone... you answer it.
I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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.
My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they're socially callous.
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.
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.
Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.