Chris Rock Comedy Quotations

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.

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

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

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

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.

Comedy is a group activity, a verbal orgy.

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

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.