Chris Rock
Chris Rock
Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an American comedian, actor, and producer...
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth7 February 1965
CityAndrews, SC
fake faces directors
You can't fake comedy - it's not like a movie, where a director can just cast a pretty face.
giving people focus
When you make comedy, you make it for the people and you try to have as many screenings and as many tests and you do focus groups and you read the cards and you try to give the people what they want in this comedy.
comedy show-business shows
For the most part, comedy is the only fair part of show business.
successful next knows
I literally don't know what I'm going to do next. That's successful.
funny humor rocks
I live in a neighborhood so bad that you can get shot while getting shot.
jobs people trying
When people try to read between the lines - critics, they have a job. Their job is to make something bigger than it is.
baby ems rich
Babies don't know who's rich and who's poor. You love 'em and they're happy.
mother father men
My mother got sick when I was rich. And my mother, you know … I don’t really want to get into it, but my mother was sicker than my father. And my mother’s alive. My mother’s fine, OK? I remember going to the hospital to see my mother and wondering, ‘Was I in the right place?’ Like, this was a hotel. Like it had a concierge, man. If the average person really knew the discrepancy in the health care system, there’d be riots in the streets, OK? They would burn this m-therf—ker down!
unfair yeah judged
Yeah, it's unfair that you can get judged by something you didn't do, but it's also unfair that you can inherit money that you didn't work for.
laughing let-me audience
When I do something good, the audience lets me know immediately. They laugh. That's it.
funny humor people
Comedy is the blues for people who can’t sing.
funny humor white
Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?
careers people kind
Stand-up is the only career like that where once you get really big at it, people kind of encourage you not to do it.
radio likes comedy
I had always been - everybody kind of likes comedy. I was very interested in comedy, beyond just liking it. I had friends that took apart radios; I wanted to take apart jokes.