It's easier to get on show business, the hard part is to maintain. Nobody stays famous forever.
Chris RockI think if I were to get as big as I could get, it does change your mind-state. I think like the little man. I think like the underdog. I don't want to change that.
Chris RockYou just got to be really logical when you're a comedian - to a fault. Like a lawyer's got to believe in the law.
Chris RockThere's always a moment in any stand-up show I do where people are booing. They kinda boo a premise. And then I bail myself out with a joke. But it's like trying to do movies where there's a dramatic undertone.
Chris RockMy mother got sick when I was rich. And my mother, you know โฆ I donโt really want to get into it, but my mother was sicker than my father. And my motherโs alive. My motherโs fine, OK? I remember going to the hospital to see my mother and wondering, โWas I in the right place?โ Like, this was a hotel. Like it had a concierge, man. If the average person really knew the discrepancy in the health care system, thereโd be riots in the streets, OK? They would burn this m-therfโker down!
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