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 love being famous - it's phenomenal.
The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
Constantly take inventory of what's important to you.
I would go to work on the show and I felt awful every day, that's not the way it was. ... I felt like some kind of prostitute or something. If I feel so bad, why keep on showing up to this place? I'm going to Africa. The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.
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.
There's a lot of people who don't want anything from me but to laugh and have a good time. You see them at the show and they like - they dress up to come see your show and stuff. And they pack these auditoriums and it's a lot of fun, man. It's like, this is how I started, and it's still fun for me.
The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.
America, I appreciate you liking me.
Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right.
I care about the work I do. But I'm not going to say that money's not an issue.
I don't care if I ever work in TV again.
I don't want the money. I don't want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.