Chris Rock

Comedian

1965-02-07

Chris Rock is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker known for his stand-up specials and social commentary. He is also known for his work on Saturday Night Live and major film roles.

Quotes by Chris Rock

Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?
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Only a woman can make you feel wrong for doing something right.
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You cannot win in a fight against women, cause men have a need to make sense
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Women need food, water, and complimentsThat's right.And an occasional pair of shoes.
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You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it's your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You're probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you're gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years.
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You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named Bush, Dick, and Colin. Need I say more?
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You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named Bush, Dick, and Colin. Need I say more?
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Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?
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You cannot win in a fight against women, cause men have a need to make sense
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Only a woman can make you feel wrong for doing something right.
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You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it's your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You're probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you're gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years.
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Women need food, water, and complimentsThat's right.And an occasional pair of shoes.
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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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Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life.
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I'd like to be in a Spike Jonze movie. But I live in a Nancy Meyers movie.
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School shootings were invented by blacks... and stolen by the white man.
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After I left high school and got my GED, I studied broadcast journalism for a year at a community college.
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I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity.
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Anything you can suck at should make you nervous.
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There's some downsides to being famous, which are not even worth mentioning. But to combat the bad sides of being famous, you really should take advantage of the good sides. The good sides are, you can use that fame to get projects you might not normally get.
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