Chris Rock
Chris Rock
Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an American comedian, actor, and producer...
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth7 February 1965
CityAndrews, SC
school college years
After I left high school and got my GED, I studied broadcast journalism for a year at a community college.
rocks awards sorority
Hollywood's racist. Hollywood is sorority racist. It's like - we like you, Rhonda, but you're not a Kappa.
thinking kind best-work
I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.
nice book tables
I can't cook, but I have a nice book of menus... and I can plate and set the table.
movie law actors
Dude, I didn't say Jude Law can't act. I didn't say Jude Law was in bad movies. I just said he's in every movie.
guy house three
I see guys who can't make 10 percent of what I make, and yet they have four Bentleys, three houses, and four bodyguards.
country writing rapper
You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's angrier than the average 10 rappers.
comedian bills firsts
Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.
movie actors soundtracks
Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life.
talking play people
There's not one reference in that thing that doesn't play. People deal with emotions in music all the time, but comedians are always talking about what they see. But we seldom talk about what we feel.
believe winning work-ethic
I learned pretty quickly that it's your WORK ETHIC that LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD. Education helps, but I've met failures who have Ph.D.s. I believe the hardest worker is always going to win.
carols
Carol Leifer is funny, really funny.
laughing people needs
You don't need a critic to tell you people aren't laughing.
beach school kids
I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school.