Chris Rock

I realized with Broadway everything written for black people is usually written in the past, and I'm kind of a contemporary guy. I don't think you want to see me in 'Raisin in the Sun'.

Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.

Kids always act up the most before they go to sleep.

I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school.

It's like, hmm, there's people with $2000 weaves that could have bought health care with that weave money. They don't have insurance. People want what they want. And I guess that is a reason we have this big credit card problem and a lot of these foreclosures.

Being with my kids is the best, most fun thing; it's a privilege.

I love being famous. It's almost like being white.

Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?

There's some downsides to being famous, which are not even worth mentioning. But to combat the bad sides of being famous, you really should take advantage of the good sides. The good sides are, you can use that fame to get projects you might not normally get.

Anything you can suck at should make you nervous.

Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.

Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.