Dave Chappelle
American comedian and actor (born 1973)
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- "I look at it like that word, 'nigger', used to be a word of oppression. But that when I say it, it feels more like an act of freedom. For me to be able to say that unapologetically on television."
- "I figured, let me just cut myself off from everybody, take a minute and pull a Flintstone, stop a speeding car by using my bare feet as brakes." - on his abrupt departure from "Chappelle's Show" (2003).
- 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.
- 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.