Chris Rock Quotes

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Chris Rock

Profession : Comedian

Birth : February 7, 1965

I love what's happened to me, but when I was a kid, I wanted to be the president of the United States.

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My goal in life was to host the MTV Awards, because it's the awards show that Prince sang on, and that was the awards show that Eddie Murphy hosted and Arsenio hosted.

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I can't cook, but I have a nice book of menus... and I can plate and set the table.

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I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.

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I have no idea what my best material is. Different people like different things. I'll say this: The political stuff gets the press, but the relationship jokes sell all the seats.

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Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional funny guy.

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Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.

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Anything you can suck at should make you nervous.

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Anything I say about women, I try to make sure that at least five or six friends of mine are going through a similar situation. That way I'm not picking on my wife.

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Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life.

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Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.

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I live way below my means.

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Every now and then I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me, and I experience racism. Things like not being buzzed into a store or sitting in first class on a plane and having someone ask to see my ticket four times.

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My first year on 'SNL', I made $90,000 dollars. And I bought a red Corvette for $45,000 dollars. I'm thinking, 'I've got 45 grand left!' Taxes didn't even come into my equation. At the end of the first year of making 90 grand I was 25, 30 in the hole. We live in this baller, spend-money culture.

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Welcome to the 77th and last Oscars.

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No film critic's going to say it, but 'Madagascar 3' is better than 'The Artist.'

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Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special.

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You don't need a critic to tell you people aren't laughing.

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Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.

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