Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Black comics, they only watch Black comedians. You're a comedian; you're not just a Black comedian. You're a comedian. I try to… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
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… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Being a comedian is a lot like being an athlete. If you're Carl Lewis and you're the fastest, then no matter what… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I'm a rap comedian the same way Bill Cosby is a jazz comedian, Cosby's laid back. I'm like, bang, bang bang, right… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I never had the confidence to say I was going to be in front of the camera as a comedian until I… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
A comedian has to live in his head. All this comedy comes from a lonely place. When you're surrounded by an entourage,… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
There's not one reference in that thing that doesn't play. People deal with emotions in music all the time, but comedians are… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I try to stay with it and I try to stay in contact with comedians and just keep comedians in my life… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I always say about my daughters, they save me from my miserable self. They take me out, you know, a comedian, you… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Every comedian has a moment in his life when he realizes he's a little bit different from everyone else. It's like being… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I never wanted to churn it out. Comedians tend to work all the time. They never put it down like musicians who… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Standup comedians are attracted to one another because of their faults. So we're all kind of messed up in the same way,… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Only black people in the whole neighborhood, so let's break it down: Me, I'm a decent comedian, I'm a'ight. Mary J. Blige,… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I've told Michael Jackson jokes. If you got really technical, you could say those are jokes about child molestation. You could, if… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
You just got to be really logical when you're a comedian - to a fault. Like a lawyer's got to believe in… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Before I was a comedian, I thought the coolest thing that would happen to me was being a teenager... Boy, was I… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Comedians are the one who have to tell the emperor he has no clothes on. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I like the tradition of the Oscars. I like that some of the greatest comedians ever have hosted the show. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
The best part is just having a partner. There is no real worst part. I'm not going to say there's a worst… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Though part of me had always wanted to be a comedian, another part of me had always wanted to be Bryant Gumbel… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
When you become a comedian a lot of stuff that made you laugh before just stops. You stop watching your old cartoons… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
If you live with a single parent, you don't see compromise. You witness a grown person living in a world where they do what… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Nobody ever says, 'Hey daddy, thanks for knockin' out this rent.' 'Hey daddy, I sure love this hot water.' 'Hey daddy, it's easy to… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
You know the world is messed up when the tallest man in the NBA is Chinese, the best golfer is black, and the best… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
You can't think the thoughts you want to think if you think you're being watched. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
There's not one reference in that thing that doesn't play. People deal with emotions in music all the time, but comedians are always talking… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
My mother got sick when I was rich. And my mother, you know … I don’t really want to get into it, but my… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Here's the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it's all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I was raised to believe that you had to do things better than white people in order to succeed. The old black shows were… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
