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
I want my name to be a brand in comedy. I hope my name stands for comedic excellence. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I pride myself on being the guy who can do Def Comedy Jam and Charlie Rose. And do well on both. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right… — 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
The only reaction that frightens me is people not laughing. It's extraordinary to me when you get a laugh. That you can… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I had always been - everybody kind of likes comedy. I was very interested in comedy, beyond just liking it. I had… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
When I started out in comedy, it was common knowledge that it took about 10 years to get good. And that was… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I never watched the Oscars. Come on, it's a fashion show . . . What straight black man sits there and watches… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I don't write jokes first. I write down topics. I think of what I want to talk about, and then I write… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
There's no interference in stand-up. It's all the things it's hard to get in film: I get to have a wife, I… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
People basically aren't that racist. They want their laughs. If I make a white guy laugh, he's gonna come see me. He's… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I just remember that whenever I got really mad or passionate, like in an argument, people would laugh, and I'd be dead… — 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
I don't believe I can offend you in a comedy club. I don't believe I can offend you in a concert. A… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I can see the humor in just about any situation. After I lost my dad, I realized that none of us should… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
When a musical act performs, the black audience goes crazy for all the stuff, the album cuts, everything. White audiences, they're nice… — 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
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
Men lie the most, women tell the biggest lies... a man's lie is, "I'm at Tony house, I was at Kenny house!" A woman… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
You can't fake comedy - it's not like a movie, where a director can just cast a pretty face. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
All people naturally hate. My kid bites people now. I didn't teach my kid to bite anybody. Kids say mean stuff. Only through love… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
