Dave Chappelle
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And I don't think a lot of comedians would be that serious.
But Richard Pryor was a great actor because he was vulnerable.
Cat Williams is a guy, every time I see him act, I'm like, man, he should do that more because he's great at it, surprisingly great at it.
And he never studied a day in his life.
I don't know how he knows how to do that.
I went to school.
I have read books and I can do it like, you know, but some people can, it's like music.
Some people can just play.
I don't know how.
Well, I do.
I think I'm more vulnerable on stage than most comedians.
You know, I'll say anything when people feel like they can't say anything, which is a vulnerable position to put myself in.
But some jokes, it's like, I just want to see if it works.
I don't want to not try.
And I think that I've
over the years cultivated an audience that's more forgiving than most people's, than a casual comedy observer would be.
These people I think almost come to experience the danger because the audience is also vulnerable if you're taking it out of bounds.
Yeah, I don't know.
I was just gone for two weeks.
I think at that time, it was the idea that the money, comedians weren't getting $50 million checks that I had heard of.