About Chris Rock: Christopher Julius is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director.
I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.
I have no idea what my best material is. Different people like different things. I'll say this: The political stuff gets the press, but the relationship jokes sell all the seats.
Does having a wife and kids change your act? Yes, but only in the best way. It gives you weight and authority. It also makes you closer to the audience because the audience is married and has kids.
Being with my kids is the best, most fun thing; it's a privilege.
Every now and then I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me, and I experience racism. Things like not being buzzed into a store or sitting in first class on a plane and having someone ask to see my ticket four times.
There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.
The thing that surprised me the most is just how much money women that weren't rich were paying for their hair. When you're in a beauty parlor in Harlem next to abandoned buildings and somebody's paying five grand for a weave, that's a bit much.
I'm in show business... I want to hang out with Janet Jackson, not Jesse Jackson.
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 for...
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.
A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.
I've seen women who don't have great relationships with their dads, and it all comes down to this: You have to tell girls you love them every day.
You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's angrier than the average 10 rappers.
You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.
I love being famous. It's almost like being white.
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 norm...
Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?
Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.
Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional funny guy.
Funny is only something that others know about you - you can't be funny by yourself.
