Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they're socially callous.
Dave ChappelleI was 23. When you're 23, your concern is not for the greater good of humanity. I didn't feel like I was unleashing an evil on society or anything. At the time, that's what I was into, and I did a movie about it.
Dave ChappelleAfter a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.
Dave ChappelleThings like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like "well I don't hate black people so I'm not a racist," but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you're privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven't been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change.
Dave Chappelle