Chris Rock

Chris Rock

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Chris Rock (b. 1965), an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker, shaped not only their field but the way we think and talk about identity, creativity, and connection. Their thinking spans from Movies to Funny, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Browse 23 quotes by Chris Rock that cover ground from Movies, Funny, Famous, Women, and Sports. A favorite of many readers: "Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?"

“Movies have takes. But plays are like life - you don't really get takes.”

— Chris Rock

Movies

All Quotes by Chris Rock

“Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them.”

— Chris Rock

Movies

“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.”

— Chris Rock

History

“Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.”

— Chris Rock

Sports

“A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage.”

— Chris Rock

Humor

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

— Chris Rock

Famous

“Funny is only something that others know about you - you can't be funny by yourself.”

— Chris Rock

Funny

“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.”

— Chris Rock

Funny

“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.”

— Chris Rock

Women

“Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life.”

— Chris Rock

Music

“I'm in show business... I want to hang out with Janet Jackson, not Jesse Jackson.”

— Chris Rock

Business

“There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.”

— Chris Rock

Food

“Dude, I didn't say Jude Law can't act. I didn't say Jude Law was in bad movies. I just said he's in every movie.”

— Chris Rock

Movies

“You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.”

— Chris Rock

Government

“I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.”

— Chris Rock

Best

“My movies are okay, but they're not my specials.”

— Chris Rock

Movies

“Movies have takes. But plays are like life - you don't really get takes.”

— Chris Rock

Movies

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

— Chris Rock

Famous

“Hollywood's just not funny.”

— Chris Rock

Funny

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

— Chris Rock

Famous