Chris Rock Famous Quotes & Sayings

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

Nobody's good. I hate it. I truly hate it. I mean, there's a lot of guys doing stuff I admire, but stand-up-wise I feel very alone. I really miss Bill Hicks. I wish I could have put him on my show. And I really miss Sam Kinison a lot. Richard Pryor's sick ... It's like you get here and then, oh wait a minute, there's nobody here any more. I feel like the guy who finally got into Studio 54, three years too late, Duh, where are all the famous people? — Chris Rock

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. — Chris Rock

I met so many people after I got rich and famous, and I learned that you can't ultimately trust people unless they were your friends when you were broke. — Chris Rock

You're not famous unless people's mothers know who you are. Everybody else, you think you're famous, but you're just hot, and heat cools off. — Chris Rock

It's easier to get on show business, the hard part is to maintain. Nobody stays famous forever. — Chris Rock

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

I love being famous. It's almost like being white. — Chris Rock

You know, you get famous and you work in these weird jobs and you don't have a lot in common with people. But once you have kids, you have everything in common with everybody. — Chris Rock