Chris Rock Comedy Quotations

Most parts in comedy, they're not really written for men. They're written for, like, these boy-men.

Comedy is a group activity, a verbal orgy.

By the time I was 7 or 8, I wanted to be a comedy writer.

Richard Pryor was the Rosa Parks of comedy. He took risks and chances that made it possible for a whole generation of comics to exist. No one ever rocked the mike like Richard Pryor.

I had always been - everybody kind of likes comedy. I was very interested in comedy, beyond just liking it. I had friends that took apart radios; I wanted to take apart jokes.

For the most part, comedy is the only fair part of show business.

A comedian has to live in his head. All this comedy comes from a lonely place. When you're surrounded by an entourage, you're not living in your head.

Stand-up comedy is like the lowest medium in all of show business in levels of respect.