Dave Chappelle

Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life. ”

I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear - I'm not mad at anybody - not anymore. ”

Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.' ”

You know you must be doing something right if old people like you. ”

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me. ”

If you don't have the right people around you and you're moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself. ”

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. ”

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. ”

You can't get un-famous. You can get infamous, but you can't get un-famous. ”

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive. ”