87+ Dave Chappelle Quotes On Comedy, Acceptance And Art

Dave Chappelle is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his iconic and acclaimed sketch comedy television series, Chappelle's Show. He has also appeared in several films and television series, and has received numerous awards, including two Emmy Awards and two Grammy Awards. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Dave Chappelle on life, comedy, acceptance.

Top 10 Dave Chappelle Quotes

1. No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone... you answer it.
2. Hey hey hey, smoke weed everyday
3. Cause my life is dope, and I do dope sh*t
4. I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
5. The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
6. Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
7. I don't want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.
8. I wish I had more hands, so I could give those titties four thumbs down!
9. Constantly take inventory of what's important to you.
10. I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

Dave Chappelle Short Quotes

• All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
• There's something about doing stand-up that's cathartic.
• I don't do drugs, though. Just weed.
• Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I'm seven years late for work.
• Where I'm from? A little town called none of yo god damn business.
• The language you are about to hear... is disturbing.
• I got a lot of positive people around me.
• 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.
• My generation is under-entertained.

Dave Chappelle Quotes About Life

I have angst in my life, but I'm like anybody. We all have angst in our lives that we pick up and fidget with and then we put down and look at some other things that make us feel good or enjoy our lives. — Dave Chappelle

You've got to say 'yes' to your destiny. Life's happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live! — Dave Chappelle

I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that. — Dave Chappelle

Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it's not nothing, it's something. But it's not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable. — Dave Chappelle

What that’s allowed me to do is have a vantage point about my own life that's accessible to people still. I could see a guy walking down the street and be like, Even though I'm famous, I got more in common with this guy than, like, Brad Pitt. — Dave Chappelle

I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas. — Dave Chappelle

I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it's a pretty good lifestyle. — Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle Quotes About Comedy

Everyone who wants to make it in comedy goes to L.A., so a million comedians fight for time on three stages. If you get in there in New York, you're working eight times a night sometimes. Who's going to be funny, the guy who works once a week, or the guy working eight times a night? — Dave Chappelle

I'm Dave Chappelle and I'm a chronic masturbator. — Dave Chappelle

Dave! Relax! Close your buttcheeks! — Dave Chappelle

What is wrong with me i just bought a bag of weed from an infant. — Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle Quotes About Funny

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive. "I don't understand this person. So they're crazy." That's bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick. — Dave Chappelle

New white people, you can't scare these white people, I tried. — Dave Chappelle

Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it. — Dave Chappelle

Is this the 5:00 Free Crack Giveaway? — Dave Chappelle

Somebody broke into my house once, this is a good time to call the police, but mm mm, nope. The house was too nice. It was a real nice house, but they'd never believe i lived in it. They'd be like 'He's still here! — Dave Chappelle

Why don't you click your heels three times and go back to Africa. — Dave Chappelle

No one wants to get their ass beat to a soundtrack. — Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle Quotes About Guys

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 interest in controlling you. — Dave Chappelle

Jerry Seinfeld, he was doing Letterman show all the time, so he kind of had an excuse, that people know the jokes already. He didn't have time to do stand-up. A guy like me, I have no excuses. — Dave Chappelle

I'm happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn't make things easier, but I'm so much better at handling them. — Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle Famous Quotes And Sayings

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. — Dave Chappelle

I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave. — Dave Chappelle

They do what they do for money - that's all. I don't even know why you're listening to me. I've done commercials for both Coke and Pepsi. Truth is, I can't even taste the difference, but Pepsi paid me last, so there it is. — Dave Chappelle

Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they're socially callous. — Dave Chappelle

Weed's not as bad as everything else... 'cause weed is a background substance. You know what I mean, you can smoke some herb and still function. You ain't crisp... but you'll function. — Dave Chappelle

You get sick of jokes, you know. Either I do them on TV, and then you worry, like, "Oh, everyone's gonna see it," so you chuck it, or you just get sick of saying it. After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding. — Dave Chappelle

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. — Dave Chappelle

I was 23. When you're 23, your concern is not for the greater good of humanity. I didn't feel like I was unleashing an evil on society or anything. At the time, that's what I was into, and I did a movie about it. — Dave Chappelle

I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing. — Dave Chappelle

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. — Dave Chappelle

The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it. — Dave Chappelle

The biggest enemy of an artist is apathy... A kid gets killed by the police and I buy a T-shirt and before I can wear that one, there's another kid (killed) and I'm running out of closet space. — Dave Chappelle

It seems like there's never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood. — Dave Chappelle

A celebrity, whatever I am, you get cut off sometimes from people just by circumstance. — Dave Chappelle

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. — Dave Chappelle

The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back. — Dave Chappelle

After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding. — Dave Chappelle

Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right. — Dave Chappelle

With younger people I'm recognized with always Half-Baked, Blue Streak because it's on cable. Women, it's always You've Got Mail. Nutty Professor is pretty much everybody across the board. It seems like they like that one. — Dave Chappelle

There's not too many people that don't think I'm crazy, for walking away from so much money. I'm at a restaurant with my wife, it's a nice restaurant, we're eating dinner. I look across the room, I say, 'You see this guy over here, across the room? He has $100 million.' And we're eating the same entree. So, OK, fine, I don't have $50 million or whatever it was, but say I have $10 million in the bank. The difference in lifestyle is miniscule. — Dave Chappelle

If you're Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, and your marriage is breaking up - that's an awful thing. But to see that speculation in people, it's gotta sting a little bit. — Dave Chappelle

The higher up I went, the less happy I was. — Dave Chappelle

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. — Dave Chappelle

I think one artist to another artist, the best compliment you can pay one another, because the part of you that is inspired or creates something, to write a joke or a song, that's like the God-like part of a person. — Dave Chappelle

I got my hat pulled up low and no one can really see me. I'm ducked out. People do recognize me, and I have a pretty interesting fan base. It's a diverse group. — Dave Chappelle

If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do. — Dave Chappelle

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. — Dave Chappelle

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. — Dave Chappelle

I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing. — Dave Chappelle

Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like "well I don't hate black people so I'm not a racist," but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you're privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven't been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change. — Dave Chappelle

For one year, I want to do this thing where I guest-star on as many television shows as I possibly can. I love television. The fact that television ultimately made me famous was very gratifying for me. — Dave Chappelle

My kids look actually happy. And I learned early on that perfectionism and parenthood is a toxic combination for everybody involved. In other words, so many things can flourish naturally. All you gotta do is make sure the soil's right. I view myself more like a guide than a ruler. — Dave Chappelle

The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse. — Dave Chappelle

If someone sits and stares at you while you eat, you won't even eat the way you normally do, because it'll make you so uncomfortable. If I look at my dog when he's eating, he will look at me like, "Dave, I will bite you. What are you looking at? I'm trying to eat." It's something that dehumanizes a person, being on display like that. — Dave Chappelle

The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me. — Dave Chappelle

Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue. — Dave Chappelle

America, I appreciate you liking me. — Dave Chappelle

I don't really frick with Africa cause people are starving to death and that's not ballin' to me. — Dave Chappelle

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. — Dave Chappelle

I don't do any jokes that old. I might have maybe one or two jokes from high school that I still do. — Dave Chappelle

I started when I was 14. I figured out that's what I wanted to do when I was 14. Even when I was six, I can remember people telling me, "You're gonna be a comedian," and all this stuff. — Dave Chappelle

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. — Dave Chappelle

Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through. — Dave Chappelle

The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me. — Dave Chappelle

Who goes from America to Africa for medical attention? — Dave Chappelle

I'm an introspective dude. — Dave Chappelle

Life Lessons by Dave Chappelle

1. Dave Chappelle's work teaches us to think critically about the world around us and to question the status quo.
2. Through his comedy, Chappelle encourages us to confront difficult topics and to challenge our own biases.
3. By taking a humorous approach to difficult topics, Chappelle shows us that we can use comedy to spark conversations and make progress on social issues.