|
|
|
|
Chris Biography From Wikipedia
Birth name: Christopher Julius Rock III
Born: February 7, 1965 (1965-02-07), Andrews, South Carolina, U.S.
Medium: Stand-up comedy, television, film
Nationality: American
Years active: 1987 – present
Genres: Black humor, musical comedy, observational comedy, political satire, satire
Subjects: African-American culture, American politics, current events, human sexuality, marriage, pop culture, race relations, racism
Influences: Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, Bernie Mac, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Pigmeat Markham, Woody Allen, Eddie Murphy[1] Sam
Kinison, George Carlin, Mort Sahl,[2] Rodney Dangerfield[3]
Influenced: Dave Chappelle,[2] Christian Finnegan,[4] George Lopez[5]
Wife: Malaak Compton-Rock (November 23, 1996 - present) (2 children)
Website:www.chrisrock.com
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
1997 Chris Rock: Bring the Pain
1999 The Chris Rock Show
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
1997 Chris Rock: Bring the Pain
Grammy Awards
Best Spoken Comedy Album
1998 Roll with the New
2000 Bigger & Blacker
Best Comedy Album
2006 Never Scared
American Comedy Awards
Funniest Male Performer in a TV Special
2000 Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker
Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III[6] (born February 7, 1965)[7][8] is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted by Comedy Central as the fifth greatest stand-up comedian of all time.[9]
Early life
Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. A few years later, they relocated and settled in the working-class area of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.[6] His mother, Rosalie (née Tingman), was a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped; his father, Julius Rock, was a former truck driver and newspaper deliveryman.[10] Julius died in 1988 after ulcer surgery.[11] His younger brothers Tony and Kenny[12] are also in the entertainment business. His older brother, Charles, died in 2006 due to a long struggle with alcoholism.[13][14][15] Rock has said that he was influenced by the performing style of his paternal grandfather, Allen Rock, a preacher.[6][16]
Career
Early career
Rock began doing stand-up comedy in 1985 in New York City's Catch a Rising Star.[6] He slowly rose up the ranks of the comedy circuit in addition to earning bit roles in the film I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and the TV series Miami Vice. Upon seeing his act at a nightclub, Eddie Murphy befriended and mentored the aspiring comic. Murphy gave Rock his first film role in Beverly Hills Cop II.
Saturday Night Live
Rock became a cast member of the popular sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1990. He and other new cast members Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade became known as the Bad Boys of SNL. In 1991, he released his first comedy album Born Suspect and won acclaim for his dramatic role as a crack addict in the film New Jack City. His tenure on SNL gave Rock national exposure.
Standup success
A frustrated Rock left Saturday Night Live in 1993, appearing instead as a "special guest" star on the predominately African-American sketch show In Living Color. The show, however, was canceled months later. Rock then decided to concentrate on a film career. He wrote and starred in the mockumentary CB4 but the film was not a success. Acting jobs became scarce, and Rock abandoned Hollywood to concentrate on stand-up comedy.[16]
Rock starred in his first HBO comedy special in 1994 titled Big Ass Jokes. But it was his second stand-up special, 1996's Bring the Pain, that reinvented Rock as one of the best comedians in the industry.[17][18] His routine, which featured commentaries on race in America, stirred up a great deal of controversy.[19] Rock won two Emmy Awards for that special. Adding to his popularity was his much-publicized role as a commentator for Comedy Central's Politically Incorrect during the 1996 Presidential elections[17] which earned him another Emmy nomination.[20] Rock also was the voice for the "Lil Penny" puppet who was the alter ego to basketball star Penny Hardaway in a series of Nike shoe commercials from 1994-1998,[17] and hosted the '97 MTV Video Music Awards.
Rock later had two more HBO comedy specials: Bigger & Blacker in 1999, and Never Scared in 2004. Articles relating to both specials called Rock "the funniest man in America" in Time[21] and Entertainment Weekly,[2] respectively. HBO also aired his talk show, The Chris Rock Show, which gained critical acclaim for Rock's interviews with celebrities and politicians. The show won an Emmy for writing. His television work has won him a total of three Emmy Awards and 15 nominations.[20] By the end of the decade, Rock was established as one of the preeminent stand-up comedians and comic minds of his generation.
During this time, Rock also translated his comedy into print form in the book Rock This! and released the Grammy Award-winning comedy albums, Roll with the New, Bigger & Blacker and Never Scared.
Rock's fifth HBO special, Kill the Messenger, premiered on September 27, 2008.[22]
Film and television
It was not until the success of his stand-up act in the late 1990s that Rock began receiving major parts in films. These include roles in Dogma, Beverly Hills Ninja, Lethal Weapon 4, Nurse Betty, The Longest Yard, Bad Company, and a starring role in Down to Earth. Rock has also increasingly worked behind the camera, both as a writer and director of Head of State and I Think I Love My Wife. In the fall of 2005, the UPN television network premiered a comedy series called Everybody Hates Chris, based on Rock's school days, of which he is the executive producer and narrator. The show has garnered both critical and ratings success.[23] The series was nominated for a 2006 Golden Globe for Best TV Series (Musical or Comedy), a 2006 People's Choice Award for Favorite New Television Comedy, and two 2006 Emmy Awards for costuming and cinematography.[24]
Academy Awards
In early 2005, Rock hosted the 77th Academy Awards ceremony. The decision to have Rock host the awards was seen by some as a chance to bring an "edge" to the ceremony, and to make it more relevant or appealing to younger audiences. During one segment Rock asked, "Who is this guy?" in reference to actor Jude Law seemingly appearing in every movie Rock had seen that year and implied Law was a low-rent Tom Cruise (he made a joke about filmmakers rushing production when unable to get the actors they want: "If you want Tom Cruise and all you can get is Jude Law, wait [to make the film]!"). Subsequently, a defensive Sean Penn took the stage to present and said, "In answer to our host's question, Jude Law is one of our finest young actors." (At the time, Penn and Law were shooting All the King's Men.) Law was not the only actor that Rock poked fun at that evening, however -- he turned the joke on himself at one point, saying, "If you want Denzel [Washington] and all you can get is me, wait!" Older Oscar officials were reportedly displeased with Rock's performance, which did not elevate ratings for the ceremony.[25] Rock was also criticized for referring to the Oscars as "idiotic", and asserting that heterosexual men do not watch them, in an interview prior to Oscar night.[26][27]
Music videos
Rock's first music video was for his song "Your Mother's Got a Big Head" from his album Born Suspect. Rock also made videos for his songs "Champagne" from Roll With the New and "No Sex (In the Champagne Room)" from Bigger & Blacker. Chris Rock also directed and appeared in the music video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Hump de Bump".
Rock appeared in the Big Daddy Kane music video "Smooth Operator" as a guy getting his hair cut.
He also appeared in Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down", one of the many celebrities seen lip-synching the song.
Comedic style
Rock's subject matter typically involves family, politics, romance, music, class relationships, and race relations in the United States. Though not strictly autobiographical, much of his comic standpoint seem rooted in his teenage experience; his strict parents, concerned about the inadequacies of the local school system, arranged to have the adolescent Rock bused to a nearly all-white high school in Bensonhurst (an Italian-ethnic neighborhood of Brooklyn known at the time for poor race relations). In his memoir "Rock This," the comedian recalls, "My parents assumed I'd get a better education in a better neighborhood. What I actually got was a worse education in a worse neighborhood. And a whole bunch of ass-whippings."[28]
The comedian has also expressed discomfort with the notion that success in standup comedy—or, indeed, in any aspect of the entertainment industry—should oblige him to serve as a role model. In this position, he finds himself directly at odds with one of his comic idols, Bill Cosby. Cosby has reprimanded Rock both explicitly—for his famous/notorious Niggas vs. Black People track[29]—and implicitly, for heavy use of the word "nigger."[30] Rock has not wavered from a position explored in his 1996 Roll With The New show, and reiterated in his 1997 memoir: "Why does the public expect entertainers to behave better than everybody else? It's ridiculous...Of course, this is just for black entertainers. You don't see anyone telling Jerry Seinfeld he's a good role model. Because everyone expects whites to behave themselves...Nowadays, you've got to be an entertainer and a leader. It's too much."[31]
At the London Live Earth concert on July 7, 2007, which was broadcast live on the BBC, before introducing the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rock called the crowd "motherfuckers" and "shit" after a brief sigh when he said he was joking. Due to the broadcast being at 5:45pm Rock was immediately cut off, and the BBC made several apologies for his use of the word "motherfucker".[32]
Personal life
Rock has been married to Malaak Compton-Rock since November 23, 1996.[33] She is the founder and executive director of StyleWorks, a non-profit, full-service salon that provides free services for women leaving welfare and entering the workforce.[33] They have 2 daughters together, Lola Simone (born June 28, 2002) and Zahra Savannah (born May 22, 2004).[34]
In November 2006, the entertainment news website TMZ.com reported that Rock was filing for divorce after nearly ten years of marriage to Malaak.[35] Two weeks later, however, TMZ reported that Rock had not filed divorce papers, and that it appeared that the couple had been able to work out their differences and stay together.[36] In response to the reports, the Rocks released a statement to the press denouncing them as "untrue rumors and lies".[33]
Often the subject of tabloids, when asked about paparazzi and the other negative aspects of fame, Rock says he accepts the bad with the good: "You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips."[37]
In 2007, freelance journalist and former actress Kali Bowyer filed a paternity suit against Chris Rock, claiming he was the father of her son, and in need of hospitalization.[38] DNA testing proved that Rock was not the child's father.[39]
Rock currently resides in Alpine, New Jersey.[40]
Rock is an avid supporter of the New York Mets baseball team. During the 2007 season he was seen nearly every game on the video screen leading the crowd in a chant of "Let's Go Mets."
In 2008, Rock's family history was profiled on the PBS series African American Lives 2. A DNA test showed that he is descended from the Udeme people of northern Cameroon and that he is 20% Caucasian.[41]
Work
Filmography
Beverly Hills Cop II Playboy Mansion Valet
Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen Himself Direct-to-video Concert film
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Rib Joint Customer
Who Is Chris Rock? Himself Documentary Short
New Jack City Pookie
Boomerang Bony T
CB4 Albert Brown/M.C. Gusto Also wrote story, screenplay and was co-producer
The Immortals Deke Anthony
Panther Yuck Mouth
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Morece (comedian), Jasmin (comedians sister)
Sgt. Bilko 1st Lt. Oster
Beverly Hills Ninja Joey Washington
Dr. Dolittle Rodney Voice
Lethal Weapon 4 Detective Lee Butters
Torrance Rises Himself Documentary short
Dogma Rufus
Nurse Betty Wesley
Down to Earth Lance Barton Also co-writer and executive producer
AI: Artificial Intelligence Mecha Comedian Voice/cameo
Pootie Tang JB/Radio DJ/Pootie's Father Also producer
Osmosis Jones Osmosis Jones Voice
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Chaka Luther King Cameo
Bad Company Jake Hayes/Kevin Pope/Michael Turner
Comedian Himself Documentary
Pauly Shore Is Dead Himself Cameo
Head of State Mays Gilliam Also director, producer and co-writer
The N-Word Himself Documentary
Paparazzi Pizza Delivery Guy Cameo
The Aristocrats Himself Documentary
Madagascar
The Longest Yard
I Think I Love My Wife
Bee Movie
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Good Hair
Grown Ups
Madagascar 3
Discography
-Born Suspect
--Released: 1991
--Chart Positions: Did Not Chart
--Last RIAA certification: Gold
--Singles: "Your Mother's Got A Big Head"
-Roll with the New
--Released: April 8, 1997
--Chart Positions: #93 US, #41 R&B/Hip-Hop
--Last RIAA certification: Platinum
--Singles: "Champagne"
-Bigger & Blacker
--Released: July 13, 1999
--Chart Positions: #44 US, #26 R&B/Hip-Hop
--Last RIAA certification: Platinum
--Singles: "No Sex", Crazy White Kids"
-Never Scared
--Released: August 31, 2004
--Chart Positions: —
--Last RIAA certification: Platinum
--Singles: —
Television
-1987 Miami Vice (episode "Missing Hours")
-1990-1993 Saturday Night Live (cast member)
-1993-1994 In Living Color (recurring)
-1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (episode "Get a Job")
-1996-1998 The Moxy Show (voice) (uncredited)
-1996 Martin (episode "The Love Jones Connection")
-1996 Homicide: Life on the Street (episode "Requiem for Adena")
-1996 Politically Incorrect (correspondent)
-1997 MTV Video Music Awards (host)
-1997-2000 The Chris Rock Show (cast member, writer)
-1998 King of the Hill (episode "Traffic Jam")
-1999 MTV Video Music Awards (host)
-2003 MTV Video Music Awards (host)
-2004 77th Academy Awards (host)
-2005-2009 Everybody Hates Chris (narrator, creator)
HBO specials
-Uptown Comedy Express (1987)
-Big Ass Jokes (1994)
-Bring the Pain (1996)
-Bigger & Blacker (1999)
-Never Scared (2004)
-Kill the Messenger (2008)
Books
-Rock This! (Hyperion Books, 1997) - ISBN 0786862890
Tours
-Bring the Pain (1996)
-Bigger & Blacker (1999)
-Black Ambition (2003-2004)
-No Apologies (2007-2008)
"Do you know what the good side of crack is? If you're up at the right hour, you can get a VCR for $1.50. You can furnish your whole house for $10.95." - Chris Rock Quote - Bring the Pain
"A black man failing black history... ain't that some sad shit..... cuz you know, fat people don't fail cooking!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bring the Pain
"People are starving all over the world, what do you mean, 'red meat will kill you'? Don't eat no red meat? No, don't eat no green meat … if you're one of the chosen few people in the world lucky enough to get your hands on a steak, bite the shit out of it!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bring the Pain
"We got so much food in America we're allergic to food. Allergic to food! Hungry people ain't allergic to shit. You think anyone in Rwanda's got a fucking lactose intolerance?!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bring the Pain
"That shit wasn't about race … that shit was about fame. If O.J. wasn't famous, he'd be in jail right now. If O.J. drove a bus, he wouldn't even be O.J. He'd be Orenthal the Bus Driving Murderer." - Chris Rock Quote - Bring the Pain
"There's alot of racism going on who's more racist, black people or white people? It's black people! You know why? Because we hate black people too! Everything white people don't like about black people, black people really don't like about black people ,and there's 2 sides, there's black people and theres niggas. The niggas have got to go.You can't have shit when you around niggas, you can't have shit. You can't have no big screen TV! You can have it, but you better move it in at 3 in the morning. Paint it white, hope niggas think it's a bassinet. Can't have shit in your house! Why?! Because niggas will break into your house. Niggas that live next door to you break into your house, come over the next day and go, 'I heard you got robbed.' Nigga, you know you robbed me. You didn't see shit 'cause you was doing shit!You can't go see a movie, you know why? coz niggas is shooting at the screen, "This movie's so good I gotta bust a cap in here!"You know the worst thing about niggas? Niggas always want credit for some shit they supposed to do. A nigga will brag about some shit a normal man just does. A nigga will say some shit like, 'I take care of my kids.' You're supposed to, you dumb motherfucker! What kind of ignorant shit is that? 'I ain't never been to jail!' What do you want, a cookie?! You're not supposed to go to jail, you low-expectation-having motherfucker!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bring the Pain
"Community college is like a disco with books: "Here's ten dollars; let me get my learn on!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bring the Pain
"Every man has to settle down eventually. You know why you gotta settle down eventually? Because you don't want to be the old guy in the club. You know what I'm talking about. Every club you go into, there's always some old guy. He ain't really old, just a little too old to be in the club." - Chris Rock Quote - Bring the Pain
"I hate niggas! I hate em! I'd join the Ku Klux Klan if they'd let me!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bring the Pain
"You know what they say, 'There's no reason to ever hit a woman.' Shit! There's a reason to hit everybody. You just don't do it. Shit, there's a reason to kick an old man down a flight of stairs. You just don't do it. Ain't nobody above an ass-whooping." - Chris Rock Quote - Bring the Pain
"A man is basically as faithful as his options." - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"If a kid calls his grandma 'Mommy' and his mommy 'Pam', he's going to jail!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"You don't need no gun control. You know what you need? We need some bullet control. Man, we need to control the bullets, that's right. I think all bullets should cost $5000. $5000 for a bullet. You know why? 'Cause if a bullet costs $5000, there'd be no more innocent bystanders. … Every time someone gets shot, people will be like, 'Damn, he must have did something.' Niggas will say 'you motherfucker, I'd kill you if I could afford it! I'm gonna get a second job, I'm gonna take a mortgage out on my house, and then you're a fucking dead man! And even if you get shot by a stray bullet, you don't gotta go to no doctor to get it taken out, whoever shot you will take they bullet back! 'I believe you have my property!' - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"Every time a man's being nice to you [women], he's offering you dick." - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"It's hard for a man to turn down sex … if they chase us, we can't run that fast." - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"The Trenchcoat Mafia! 'No one would play with us! We had no friends, the trenchcoat mafia …' Hey, I saw the yearbook picture, it was six of them! I ain't have six friends in high school. I don't got six friends now! Shit, that's three-on-three with a half court." - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"A bunch of girls say, 'You don't need no man to help you raise no child' … shut the fuck up with the bullshit! Yeah, you could do it without a man, but that don't mean it's to be done! Shit, you can drive a car with your feet if you want to, that don't make it a good fucking idea!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"If you said more words to him than 'mommy'll be back', he might know something!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"That's right, 'tell your mama', 'tell your mama', 'tell your mama' … nobody tells daddy shit!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"Daddy pays for the water, daddy pays for the gas, daddy pays for the electricity, and if daddy didn't pay for the electricity, he'd pay for the candle on your nightstand, so you can study for the big test tomorrow." - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"Whoever you hate will end up in your family. You don't like gays? You're gonna have a gay son. You don't like Puerto Ricans? Your daughter's gonna come home with Livin' La Vida Loca!" - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"Nothing more racist than a old black man, you know why? 'Cause the old black man went through some real racism. He ain't go through that 'I can't get a cab' shit. He was the cab! White man just jump on his back: 'Main Street!' - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"Black people yelling 'racism!' White people yelling 'reverse racism!' Chinese people yelling 'sideways racism!' And the Indians ain't yelling shit, 'cause they dead. So everybody bitching about how bad their people got it: nobody got it worse than the American Indian. Everyone needs to calm the fuck down." - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"I'm watching the news … Tupac Shakur was assassinated, Biggie Smalls assassinated, struck down by assassin's bullets … no, they wasn't. Martin Luther King was assassinated, Malcolm X was assassinated, John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Them two niggas got shot! Shit, I love Tupac, I love Biggie, but school will be open on their birthday." - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"I ain't shooting nobody, so call me a faggot. When the war's over, I'll be the faggot with two legs." - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"At least they're trying to get rid of AIDS. Some diseases they just gave up on. Some diseases, if you get them, you're on your own. They ain't going to have no telethon for you. R Kelly ain't singing no song. You just got this shit." - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"Men lie the most, women tell the biggest lies … a man lie is, 'I was at Kevin's house!' A woman lie is like, 'It's your baby!' - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"I had a cop pull me over the other day, scared me so bad, made me think I stole my own car. 'Get out of the car, get out of the fucking car! You stole this car!' I was like 'damn, maybe I did!'." - Chris Rock Quote - Bigger and Blacker
"I mean, they don't grade fathers. But if your daughter's a stripper, you fucked up." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"My favorite song right now is impossible to defend. It's impossible. We should all be ashamed of ourselves for liking this fucking song. Lil Jon. You know that shit: 'To the window! To the wall! [crowd sings along] 'Till the sweat drip from my balls! Skeet, skeet, skeet, skeet!' You go to clubs, you see girls dance to that shit. 'Till the sweat drip from my balls! Till the sweat drip from my balls! From my balls! From my balls! My balls! Skeet, Skeet Skeet!' I feel sorry for the guys that gotta pick a wife out of this bunch. It's like, 'Daddy, where'd you meet Mommy?' 'Oh, she was singing about balls at a club. Skeet, skeet, skeet!' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"The government hates rap. That's why they don't arrest anybody that kills rappers! Only the good ones are dead, man! Only the good ones: Biggie dead, Tupac dead, Vanilla Ice still alive! They don't fill out a police report. They don't even have a chalk line when it's a dead rapper, they just take a piss around the body." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"I think Bush sent that girl to Kobe's room. Bush sent that girl to Kobe's room, Bush sent that little boy to Michael Jackson's house. Bush killed Laci Peterson. Bush was fucking Paris Hilton in that video. All to get your mind off the war. Bush lied to me, they all lied to me: 'We gotta go to Iraq because they're the most dangerous country on Earth. They're the most dangerous regime in the world.' If they're so dangerous, how come it only took two weeks to take over the whole fucking country? Shit. Man, you couldn't take over Baltimore in two weeks." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"White man makes guns? No problem. Black rapper SAYS 'guns'? Congressional hearing." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Black people dominate sports in the United States. We're 10% of the population, we're 90% of the Final Four." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Black people dominate this shit! Basketball, baseball, football, boxing, track! Even golf and tennis! And the minute they make a heated hockey rink, we're gonna take that shit too. Motherfuck Wayne Gretzky. Wait 'till you see LeBron on some skates. You ain't seen nothing yet! He just gonna have one skate, chilling. He won't even have a stick, he'll just smack the puck in with his dick. Pow! Slapshot, bitch!" - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"That tiger ain't go crazy; that tiger went tiger! You know when he was really crazy? When he was riding around on a unicycle with a Hitler helmet on!" - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"A black C student can't do shit with his life. A black C student can't be a manager at Burger King, meanwhile a white C student just happens to be the President of the United States." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Remember when we was young, everybody used to have these arguments about who's better, Michael Jackson or Prince? Prince won!" - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"What is on Kobe's mind? Going to Colorado, around all these white people, and not bringing Johnnie Cochran? Well then they say, 'well if you hire Jonnie Cochran, you're going to look guilty.' Yeah, but you going home! You want to look innocent in jail? I'd rather look guilty at the mall." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"You know the only thing you can do to stop your man from cheating? The only thing you can do … is be there. Where? There! Wherever he's thinking about fucking, that's it. Just be right there. And even then he still might lose your ass. He's like, 'Honey, look! A Sale! Let me go fuck this bitch right now!' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"If you wanna get away with murder, shoot him in the head and put a demo tape in their pocket!" - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"You'd got a baseball game, or a football game, basketball game, 'USA! USA! USA!' Hey, calm down! Got a little German on it, don't you think?" - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"A lot of white people like to scream they're American as if they've got something to do with the country being the way it is … like they was on the Mayflower or some shit." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"All you crazy white people 'I'm American!', all you did was come out of your mother's pussy on American soil. That's it. That's it! What, you think you're better than somebody from France 'cause you came out of a pussy in Detroit?" - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Everybody's so busy wanting to be down with the gang. 'I'm conservative', 'I'm liberal', 'I'm conservative'. Bullshit! Be a fucking person! Lis-ten! Let it swirl around your head. Then form your opinion. No normal, decent person is one thing, okay? I've got some shit I'm conservative about, I've got some shit I'm liberal about. Crime, I'm conservative. Prostitution, I'm liberal!" - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Shaq is rich. The white man who signs his check … is wealthy. 'Ah, here you go, Shaq. Go buy yourself a bouncing car. Bling, bling!' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"You know, the beautiful thing about the gay marriage issue is the absolute only issue that the President will answer. The President don't give a fuck, he will give you a straight answer on gay marriage. 'Mr President, what about the war, when's it gonna end?' 'Well, you never know, we're talking to people, and we're looking for stuff, and we might find it, we might not, and it's out there, we're gonna get it, you never know, how's it going, yeah!' 'Mr President, what about the economy, when's it gonna pick up?' 'Well, you never know, we're talking to people, and economic indicators indicate that indications are coming to the indicator, you know what I'm saying, all right!' 'Mr President, what about gay marriage?' 'Fuck them faggots!' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"You can be married and bored, or single and lonely. Ain't no happiness nowhere." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"If you haven't contemplated murder, you ain't been in love. If you haven't seriously thought about killing a motherfucker, you ain't been in love. If you haven't had a can of rat poison in your hand and looked at it for forty-five minutes straight, you ain't been in love. If you haven't bought a shovel and a bag and a rug to roll their ass up in, you ain't been in love. If you haven't practiced your alibi in front of the mirror, you ain't been in love. And the only thing that's stopped you from killing this motherfucker was a episode of CSI: 'Oh man, they thorough. I better make up. They might catch my ass.' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Fellas, when you wake up in the morning, you should look yourself in the mirror and say, 'Fuck you. Fuck your hopes, fuck your dreams, fuck your plans … fuck everything you thought this life was going to bring to you. Now let's go out there and try to make this bitch happy.' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Women hate women. You get any two girlfriends in this room, been girlfriends for twenty five years, you put a man in between them … 'fuck that bitch,' 'fuck that bitch.' Guys are not like that. Guys actually think that there are other fish in the sea, and if a guy introduces his boy to his new girlfriend, and when they walk away, his boy goes, 'Oh man, she's nice, I gotta get me a girl like that.' If a woman introduces her new man to her girlfriend, and they walk away, her girlfriend goes, 'I gotta get him, and I will slit that bitch's throat to do it.' Every girl in here got a girlfriend they don't trust around their man." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"But here's what they don't tell you. You can never make a woman happy, it's impossible. I've never met a happy woman in my life. They're always complaining about something. You can fuck a woman with a diamond dick and make her come ten times, and she'll still complain. 'Why did you make me come so hard? This diamond dick is cloudy, why didn't you go to Tiffany's? You're so fucking cheap.' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Whenever I go out with other married couples, I like to bring along a single crackhead. Just to spice things up." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Even if you meet the perfect person, it ain't gonna be at the perfect time. You're married, they're single. That's right. You're Jewish, they're Palestinian. You're a Mexican, they're a raccoon. You're a black woman, he's a black man." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"God will send you a double date with the perfect couple. Have you ever made the mistake of going on a double date with the perfect couple? You're in the middle of your bullshit relationship and you actually sit down with two people that are actually in love. You can't even eat your food cause you can't believe what the fuck you are witnessing. You got a fork in your hand like, 'Oh shit! He's really listening to what she's got to say! Wow! They really like being around each other! Man, we can't hang with them no more, they gonna break us up. Can't let these happy motherfuckers fuck up my life!' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"So if you're black or brown, you can make money in America, you can get rich in America … but whatever you decide to do, it better be positive, 'cause if one person is harmed, you will be destroyed. You see Oprah, she just be giving away money. She's doing that to keep the Feds off her back." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"We can't have gay marriage 'cause marriage is sacred, it happens in the church. Marriage is sacred, it's sacred. No, it's not, not in America, not in a country that watches Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? and The Bachelor and The Bachelorette and Who Wants to Marry a Midget. Get the fuck outta here. Shit, Michael Jackson got married, how fucking sacred is that shit?" - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Alcohol! Tastes great, I love it, you love it, we all love it. Kills motherfuckers every single day. Some of you all won't even make it home tonight 'cause of alcohol. You'll be like, 'Oh, that Chris Rock sure is funny, oh! Shit!' But it's all right 'cause it's all white. Cigarettes! Cigarette's the most dangerous product known to man. Kills motherfuckers every single day. Cigarette's so dangerous it kills motherfuckers that don't smoke. That's how dangerous cigarettes are. That's right, first hand smoke, second hand smoke. People talking out of their necks into a fucking machine like, 'Hey, what's up, man, I love cigarettes, this shit is cool.' But it's all right 'cause it's all white. Shit, could you imagine if the Phillip Morris family was a bunch of jheri-curled niggas from Mississippi? Do you know how illegal a pack of cigarettes would be? You would get sixty years just for a pack of Newports. But it's all right, 'cause it's all white." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"So think about the poor slave who could read, but was scared to teach their kids to read for fear they would be killing their kids. Think about the poor slave that rode to town every week. Think about the poor slave who rode the buggy to town every week. Riding the buggy … riding the buggy, and he could read, and is riding the buggy and he's riding the buggy. And up ahead he sees a busy intersection, and is riding the buggy and he's riding the buggy. Then he sees a STOP sign … Now he's in a big dilemma. 'If I go through this intersection, I'm a have a accident. If I stop, these crackers will kill me.' And he's riding the buggy, and in the last minute he says 'fuck it', goes through the intersection, has a big ol' accident. Almost kills somebody. Then the police come: 'Nigga, what is wrong with you? Nigga, what the fuck is wrong with you? You could have killed somebody, nigga. Didn't see that stop sign?' 'Oh, I don't know what you talking about.' 'You didn't see that stop sign, that stop sign back there?' 'Oh, you mean that octagon thing.' 'Nigga, who taught you octagon?' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"It's beautiful that abortion is legal in America. I love going to abortion rallies to pick up women, 'cause you know they're fucking. You ain't gonna find a bunch of virgins at the abortion rally. You might even see some clear heels!" - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Oh the abortion issue, it's a woman's issue. When a woman get pregnant, she don't want to hear shit from the man. Fuck you, motherfuck you, I don't need you. Unless she decides to have the baby and she's like, 'Where my check?' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"When a woman get pregnant, it's an issue between her and her girlfriends. When a woman get pregnant, her and her girlfriends form an abortion tribunal, and they vote on the child like it was Survivor. Then the first girlfriend throws in her two cents: 'Child, you should have that baby, that man got some good hair, it's wavy, it's wavy.' Then second girlfriend throws in her two cents: 'Girl, why are we even talking about this? Ain't we supposed to go to Cancun next weekend? Get rid of that baby.' And that's how life is decided in America." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"The number one reason people hate America: the number one reason is because of our religion. Americans worship money, we worship money. Separate God from school, separate God from work, separate God from government, but on your money it says in God we trust. All my life I've been looking for God, and He's right in my pocket. Americans worship money, and we all go to the same church, the church of ATM. Everywhere you look there's a new branch popping up … remind you about how much money you got and how much money you don't got. And if you got less than twenty dollars, the machine won't even talk to you. The machine is like, 'You better go see a teller.' You ever go to a teller and try to take out eight dollars and fifty cents? Oh, it's disgusting … oh man, you gotta wait on that long ass line, people doing real transactions in front of you, you get on to the fucking front, you fill out your form, eight fifty. The fucking teller looks at it, she look at you, she looks at the check, she don't even take the money out of the drawer, she take it out of her pocket, 'Here you go, get outta here.' And here's something, man. Drugs are illegal, but ATM machines are open twenty-four hours a day. Twenty-four hours a day. For who? Who the fuck is it open for? Have you ever taken out three hundred dollars at four o'clock in the morning for something positive? Shit, when you press that machine at four o'clock in the morning, I think a psychiatrist should pop up on the screen and go, 'Come on, man, save your money, man. Don't buy drugs, buy some rims. They spinning, nigga, they spinning, they spinning, nigga, they spinning.' Americans worship money. Shit, you know why banks are closed on Sunday? 'Cause if they wasn't, church would be empty." - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Is it just me, or is Jermaine Jackson the greasiest nigga you ever seen in your life? Every time Jermaine comes on, I gotta wipe the grease off the screen! Can't see shit! Jermaine must have been on. Even the police can't catch his ass, 'cause every time they try, he just slips out! They be like, 'Somebody throw some sand on that nigga! Please!' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Shit, every woman in here got a girlfriend they don't trust around their man. A good girlfriend too, it's like, 'Yeah, I'll go shopping with her, but I ain't gonna leave that bitch alone with my man for five minutes, no.' I remember one time, I was at a restaurant with me, my wife, and her girlfriend. And my wife gets up and goes, 'Honey, I'm going to the bathroom.' And I'm like, 'All right, honey, I'll see you when you get back.' And she goes, 'No, you coming with me!' She made me come with her to the bathroom!" - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"Oprah is rich, Bill Gates is wealthy. If Bill Gates woke up tommorow with Oprah's money, he'd jump out a fuckin' window and slit his throat on the way down saying, 'I can't even put gas in my plane!' - Chris Rock Quote - Never Scared
"George Bush has fucked up so bad, he made it hard for a white man to run for president! People are like 'give me a black man, a white woman, a giraffe, a zebra...anything but another white man! That last one fucked up my roof!' - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"[on John McCain] I don't need a president with a bucket list!" - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"[on John McCain being too old] When you die at 72, no matter what you die of, it's natural causes. Even if you get hit by a truck, it's natural causes. 'Cause if you was younger, you'd have got out the way!" - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"[on John McCain being in a POW camp] I don't wanna vote for nobody who got captured, I wanna vote for the motherfucker that got away!" - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"[in South Africa] Barack Obama! A black man! With a black name! I know that ain't that black here, but in America that's about as black as a name could get. Barack Obama! That's right next to Dikembe Mutombo. That's right. Barack, man, he don't let his blackness sneak up on you. Y'know, if his name was Bob Jones or something, it might take you two or three weeks to realize he black. But as soon as you hear 'Barack Obama'...you expect to see a brother with a spear! Just standin' on top of a dead lion! Barack Obama!" - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"[about Obama] We're not just voting for him 'cause he's black, we're voting for him 'cause he's black and qualified. That's why we're voting for the motherfucker. Yeah. That's why we behind him. It's not like we're voting for Flavor Flav. 'Yeeeeah, boooooy! Flavor Flaaaav!' Hey, I love Flavor. Lovin' him for 20 years. I love the 'Flavor of Love' show; I think it's quite entertainin'. But Flavor Flav must be killed. In order for black people to truly reach the promised land, Flavor Flav has to be shot. These are important times! We got a black man runnin' for President! We don't need a nigger runnin' around with a fuckin' clock around his neck and a Viking hat on his head! 'Not this year, Flav, put a suit on! Nigga, put a suit on!' - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"Yo, it's gonna be hard for Barack Obama to be President, 'cause Barack Obama has to overcome a handicap that the other candidate does not have to overcome. That's right. It's gonna be hard for Barack Obama to be President because Barack Obama has...a black wife. And I don't think a black lady can be First Lady of the United States. Yeah, I said it. I said it in Johannesburg, I said it! [cuts to London] I said it in London, England, I said that shit! [cuts to New York] I said it at the Apollo Theatre, I said that shit! I don't believe a black woman could be First Lady, 'cause you know why? Because a black woman cannot play the background of a relationship! [some women boo] Don't get me wrong, a black woman could be President with no problem. First Lady--too much shuttin' up in that job. Can you imagine tellin' your black wife that you President? 'Honey, I won, I'm President!' 'No, we President! And I want my girlfriends in the cabinet! I want Kiki to be Secretary of Defense! She can fight, she can fight.' - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"George Bush is still in charge. And nobody gives less of a fuck than George Bush. You think you don't give a fuck? George Bush don't give a fuck. Nobody gives less of a fuck than George Bush. If you was hangin' from a cliff, gettin' ready to fall to your death--that's right--and Bush was at the top of the cliff, and all you needed was a fuck to save your life, and Bush had a pocket full of fucks...he wouldn't give you one. 'Hey, Bush, I need a fuck!' 'Ohh, you know I don't give a fuck. Here's a fuck...psych!' - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"I will give you an example of how race affects my life. I live in a place called Alpine, New Jersey. Live in Alpine, New Jersey, right? My house costs millions of dollars. [some whistles and cheers from the audience] Don't hate the player, hate the game. In my neighborhood, there are four black people. Hundreds of houses, four black people. Who are these black people? Well, there's me, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z and Eddie Murphy. Only black people in the whole neighborhood. So let's break it down, let's break it down: me, I'm a decent comedian. I'm a'ight. [applause] Mary J. Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers to ever walk the Earth. Jay-Z, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Eddie Murphy, one of the funniest actors to ever, ever do it. Do you know what the white man who lives next door to me does for a living? He's a fucking dentist! He ain't the best dentist in the world...he ain't going to the dental hall of fame...he don't get plaques for getting rid of plaque. He's just a yank-your-tooth-out dentist. See, the black man gotta fly to get to somethin' the white man can walk to." - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"There's nothin' a white person could ever say to me that will ever catch me off-guard. Ever! I'm always lookin' for some racism! No matter where the fuck I'm at, I'm like 'where the racism at? Where it at, where it at, where it at?' No matter where I'm at. I could be sittin' down with Regis Philbin, doin' an interview, talkin' about Madagascar 2, sayin' 'yeah, Regis, Madagascar 2's real good, man. I play a zebra again! Oh, this motherfucker's great!' And right in the middle of the interview, Regis'll pull a pencil out of his pocket, stab me in the neck and say 'take that, ya fuckin' nigger! Take that, ya dirty, greasy nigger! Take that, ya fuckin' nigger!' And I'd be like 'I shoulda seen it comin'. I let Regis get too close.' I'll be mad at me. I'll apologize--'hey, man, I left my neck all out, man. I'm sorry, man, I'm sorry.' - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"Shit, last year the NAACP had a funeral for the word 'nigger'! Well, tonight is Easter!" - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"But the question remains the same: Can white people say 'nigger'? And the answer's the same: not really. But wait a minute, there's one exception. There's one exception. There's one instance where white people can say nigger. And I'ma let it out tonight. I'ma let it out here in Johannesburg. The one time that white people can say nigger. White people are like 'this is what I paid for! It's a fuckin' great night now!' The one time white people can say nigger: here it goes; listen closely. 'Cause I may never say this shit again. The one time white people can say nigger, OK: if it's Christmas Eve, and it's between 4:30 and 4:49 in the morning. If you white, and you're on your way to Toys 'R' Us to get your kid the last Transformer doll, and right before you walk into Toys 'R' Us, some black person runs up beside you, smacks you in the head with a brick, knocks you to the ground, stomps on your face--'take that, you cracker-ass motherfucker!' Riverdances on your head--'take that, you cracker-ass motherfucker!' Takes your money, pisses on you, and runs away--if you white, at that moment, you can say 'Somebody stop that nigger!' Matter of fact, if you white and that happens to you, you can say nigger for a whole month! But you gotta walk around with the police report in your pocket. In case any black people catch you sayin' nigger, the police report will act as your freedom papers. 'Hey, I heard you saying nigger; let me see your fuckin' papers. Gimme the papers; show me the papers!' [pretends to read a sheet] 'Christmas Eve! 4:48! You just made it, motherfucker! Pissed on you! ...I hope they catch that nigger!' - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"On Desperate Housewives: I think they should change the name of that show from Desperate Housewives...to Ungrateful Bitches!" - Chris Rock Quote - Kill the Messenger
"Comedy is the blues for people who can't sing." - Chris Rock Quote
"Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special." - Chris Rock Quote
"Our next presenter is the first woman to ever breast-feed an Apple – Gwyneth Paltrow." - Chris Rock Quote
"The only acting you ever see at the Oscars is when people act like they're not mad they lost. Nicole Kidman was smiling so wide, she should have won an Emmy at the Oscars for her great performance. I was like, 'If you'd done that in the movie, you'd have won an Oscar, girl.' - Chris Rock Quote
"Have you been watching American Idol? They have Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul judging the singing. Paula Abdul?! Getting Paula Abdul to judge a singing contest is like getting Christopher Reeve to judge a dance contest!" - Chris Rock Quote
"When I heard they were trying and get rid of the word 'nigga', I told my accountant to buy 800 shares of 'coon'." - Chris Rock Quote
"I hope that Live Earth ends global warming the same way the Live Aid ended world poverty." - Chris Rock Quote
"They don't want you to vote. If they did, we wouldn't vote on a Tuesday. In November. You ever throw a party on a Tuesday? No. Because nobody would come." - Chris Rock Quote
"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon'." - Chris Rock Quote
Q: So, we're pretty excited. I hear that Kill the Messenger is finally coming to DVD next week.
Chris Rock: That's the word on the street.
Q: And it's three disks. Thats a lot! What is on there besides the special? What am I looking for?
Chris Rock: Well, the special is, I don't know if you ever saw it...
Q: Yes, I did.
Chris Rock: It's filmed in three different countries, cut as one show. So on the disk there is basically each show from each country.
Q: Oh, ok! How much does it vary from show to show? I know you probably throw stuff up in there just on the spot as well, so I imagine there has got to be quite a few differences.
Chris Rock: Uhm, I mean there are some different.. uhm, let's see. New York and London: eh, pretty similar. Africa? That's a whole other show, so there is a lot of stuff. Africa is the treat!
Q: I remember back in the day you were talking about how you felt that you would have really made a difference if you were able to do a comedy show in Africa. So... you did it!
Chris Rock: I did it! I did the worldwide thing. All the artists I really respect play the world, so it was a really cool feeling to play the world.
Q: That's awesome. I saw the special and laughed my ass off, I thought it was hilarious, so I can't wait to see what I haven't seen yet.
Chris Rock: Oh, Africa's the one!
Q: So where did the origin for the show come from, Kill the Messenger?
Chris Rock: You mean the name?
Q: Yeah!
Chris Rock: The name you just sit around and say this thing needs a name. My good friend Rick Rubin, we sit around or just text back and forth and it's like, ok, "Slap the dog!" Noooo! If you're smart you just write every cool name down during the year, but if you're dumb like me, you're at the last minute and you're like "Blacker than black!" I dunno, it's like, you know, these things, they just need titles or else people think it's the same specail.
Q: Of course, a lot of the material in the stand-up has to do with the, at the time, coming election... which turned out exactly how pretty much everyone I know wanted it to be, including yourself, for the most part.
Chris Rock: Well, except for Georgia, you know.
Q: Well, we're talking about people, anyhow...
Chris Rock: Oh! He said it, I didn't say that!
Q: *laughs* How was that night for you?
Chris Rock: It was a cool night! You know? Still got to get in there, do the job and all that stuff. I tend to celebrate at the end of things. When he's done with his second term I'll be crying.
Q: None of this "mission accomplished" crap, right?
Chris Rock: Yeah, I'm not a big "mission accomplished" guy, but ok, this is cool.
Q: Do you have any celebration plans for inauguration day at least?
Chris Rock: You know, I'll watch, I'm not going. I have to go to Sundance, I have a film at Sundance so I have to go to that. It's weird, I'll be in parts of Utah. I can't imagine a whiter place to be while we're getting a black president.
Q: You'd be surprised! You're living in Alpine, NJ right now, right?
Chris Rock: Yeah!
Q: I live in Jersey City, NJ and that's very different from Alpine. In every state people are people, so it doesn't matter where you are, you're gonna find a mixed bag.
Chris Rock: Yeah... except in Utah, man.
Q: *laughs* What are your plans next? I know you've got a couple of movies you're working on.
Chris Rock: I'm doing this movie, this Death at Funeral movie, I guess I start filming that in April. I mean, my next movie coming out is called Good Hair and it's a weird, kind of like a Michael Moore movie, about the hair industry. Where I do like investigative reporting about, you know, hair weaves and relaxers. It's a real weird movie but it's at Sundance. It's competing. It's in the "Best Documentary" category so it's pretty good.
Q: That's awesome!
Chris Rock: Yeah, I was like, "Huh?!" We submitted it, like, as a joke, cause, you know, they let any famous person go to Sundance but they put is in competition. So I was like "Oh sh*t! This is good!"
Q: So what part do you take in the documentary? Are you the main person narratoing?
Chris Rock: I'm kind of like the Michael Moore of it. I'm like going around to these weird hair shows where beauticians compete, we go to India where wall the weave hair comes from. It's worth it, its gonna be good.
Q: I've got a couple questions, some rumor control if you could...
Chris Rock: Rumor control? Me?! A chris Rock rumor?
Q: Yeah, A little one! There's been a lot of buzz about Ghostbusters 3 and your name has come up a lot so I just want to know if you've actually ever been approached for that.
Chris Rock: Noone's ever mentioned Ghostbusters 3 to me. Didn't they do a Ghostbusters 3?
Q: No, they're working on a video game.
Chris Rock: Ok, so there is one and two...
Q: Right.
Chris Rock: Isn't Bobby Brown in number 2?
Q: Yeah!
Chris Rock: Bobby Brown was a limo driver or something in number 2.
Q: Yeah, he opens the door for them at some hotel.
Chris Rock: Yeah, yeah! They had a song and everything. *singing* And I guess we're gonna have to take it slow....
Q: *laughs* Oh man... So what have you been watching lately to just relax?
Chris Rock: I like that show, Madmen. Pretty good sh*t. You can't f*ck with the Madmen. Yeah, Madmen, I just knocked out both seasons in a week to a week and a half. You get the boxed sets, its the greatest. I knocked out the whole Shield, seven seasons, this year.
Q: Oh, here's another interesting tidbit, I don't know if you've heard about this thing about Obama and his Blackberry?
Chris Rock: I know he's got a Blackberry.
Q: Yeah, the Secret Service is a little afraid of his security because he has a Blackberry and plenty of people have gotten their stuff hacked into, so they want to take it away from him.
Chris Rock: Well they should... *sigh* The Blackberry is soooooo perfect. I mean it's not like Putin's gonna... you know, put it this way, if only his wife has it... I hope Hilarty doesn't have one too. You know, let the Secret Service talk to me. If they just make sure his immediate cabinet doesn't have Blackberrys then you're fine. If he just Blackberried his wife "Hey, did you make chicken fingers?"... it's not a big deal.
Q: Yeah, I guess their just afraid of it compromising his attention because everyone gets hooked on the Crackberry. I don't know, I just found it kind of funny, for all the things for them to worry about, they are worried about a cell phone.
Chris Rock: No, no dude! People hack these f*ckin... I've been hacked!
Q: That's pretty bad.
Chris Rock: When you hear hacking you think their's some guy on his computer... no. All it takes is somebody to send you, I forget what its called, but basically someone sends you a page, you open it, it can be one of your friends, and it can have whatever, its not even a virus, but what happens is from that point on all your pages go to yourself and that person. So they are seeing everything you get.
Q: Do you feel a little put aside that you'll no longer be thought of, along with Mr. Wayne Palmer from 24 as one of the first black presidents?
Chris Rock: Oh man, you know, it's so weird. It's weird that this is happening in my lifetime, I mean I'm going to have to really figure out who I am comedically, or else I'm going to be like Dudley Moore after being drunk wasn't funny. But it's weird that jokes I told in 1996 are totally irrelevant now. Like 10 years from now, or maybe even sooner, jokes I tell people are going to be like "What's he talking about? Black, white? What does he mean?"
Q: It's strange too because a lot of artists, I consider you, a comedian, to be an artist just like anyone else who is creative, to me is an artist, and artists, a lot of times, work their best under lots of pressure and duress and upwards anxiety so this is a little... You have to find a different angle for a lot of people who that have been angry about this stuff for a long time.
Chris Rock: Yeah, like a lot of pressure, a lot of steam was let out when Obama won. Not that racism is over, I'm not saying that at all. There is a certain chip, you know, on your shoulder...
Q: I know some people that feel almost opposite about it, like now they don't trust things, like... was this set up? Like who do we believe, and stuff like that. What do you think about stuff like that?
Chris Rock: I think they're going too far there, but I mean I'm not white so I can't speak for white people, but I have to believe there is a humongous sense of guilt that is off the white man's shoulders.
Q: I tell you what, walking through the New York streets the day after, was the strangest thing. Because I've never seen so many... when you walk through New York you never see people smile for anything. I saw so many people smiling and talkng to people they didn't know that it was a very strange experience. I don't know if you experienced anything like that.
Chris Rock: It's amazing considering where we're from.
Q: What are your guilty pleasures? Like what's the crappiest TV show you can watch and watch forever as long as it's on?
Chris Rock: Guilty pleasure? Crappy TV shows? I really liked Three's Company when Don Knots was on it. Mr. Roper is gone and Don Knots is Mr. Furley. Genius. It's kind of a bad show but Don Knotts is still genius at anything he ever did.
Q: You're the only A-List standup comedian that I can think of that regulary does comedy and movies and is able to swith it on and off like nothing and stil be successful as both. Like, how do you feel about about having that as your crown? Like you're the only person that I can think of that really does it right now.
Chris Rock: Uhm, I don't really, you know... I don't know! I don't think about it that much. I love doing standup, I really do. And.. I just love doing it, I don't know why. Movies are fun, movies are definitely fun, and I think I like doing movies 'cause I can get better at them. It's like a thing I'm growing at. So that's what's fun about that, but I dunno. I bore easy, so... I dunno. I mean, there are a lot of actors. There's a ton. I was watching the Golden Globes, and there is a ton of actors. There are only about 8 good standups. I really don't want to give up my membership to that small club. chris rock black
Q: Nor should you. You're still pumping out hilarious stuff, so it's not like you're running out of steam. It's a good place to be cause there's really not a lot of people out there that are still doing it.
Chris Rock: Yeah, and I mean guys do it, and even the ones that are doing it kind of do the same sh*t. There are only a few guys that try to create sh*t. Try to come up with new stuff. It's very artistic. Acting can be artistic too but sometimes it's just you know...
Q: A paycheck?
Chris Rock: Yeah, paycheck. Hey, let's sell some toys. You know.
Q: Speaking of standup, who are your current favorite comedians?
Chris Rock: I really like this guy, Jim Gafigan. Louis CK is funny. What's her name... Why am I messing up her name? She was on Dick Clark the other night... Kathy Griffin's funny. There are some funny people out there, that really like, you know like Louis Black, that really are not just funny, like everybody that I just mentioned they come up with a new special, they have a new act, and you know... Steve Harvey is like the most underrated in the f*ckin world, that guy. He's got some new sh*t.
Q: What do you think about his little feud he's got going on with Katt Williams?
Chris Rock: I don't know about the feud and stuff. I saw Katt at Carnegy Hall a few months ago and he was really funny to.
Q: So you think it's just an act between the two of them?
Chris Rock: I hope it is! I'd hate to see... you know...
Q: I'm used to feuds in like, East Coast/West Coast hip-hop...
Chris Rock: Yeah, I'd hate to see any bad blood between any... you know, they're both cool guys, they're both real funny.
Q: Yeah, I don't want to hear about any comedians getting shot, I'm like... "What's going on here?" There was a little weirdness between the two of them, some of the stuff that came out was like, truth a little bit. LIke, I heard Katt Williams point about the whole "Kings of Comedy" and he's like saying "How can you call yourselves The Original Kings of Comedy when you've got people like Richard Pryor and whatnot before that."
Chris Rock: Just a name of the movie, man. *laughs* That's all it is! You know, how can you call yourself "Thriller"? What the f*ck? It's just a name, no big deal. We're grown people here, trying to sell a product.
Q: Exactly. It all comes down to business. Well, I got to thank you for you time, I know you have a busy schedule between the release and Good Hair, which I definitely have to see. It sounds hilarious.
Chris Rock: Good Hair is good, I'm telling you. You're going to be shocked!
Q: It sounds hysterical, it's basically like your Religulous.
Chris Rock: I'm telling you, Good Hair will be the comedic shock of the year! There is nothing like it.
Q: I've got to see that, sounds great. Thanks for talking to us.
Q: There are some really good laughs there in Head of State. And partly because there's a lot of stuff that, if you held political office, you would want to change. First question: If you were really elected president, what would be the first thing you do?
CHRIS Chris Rock: I think I would get rid of one of the Carolinas. I'd sell it. Do that. You know, to raise money. We always say we need money, so let's start selling some property! That's what everybody else does when they need money. Why can't we? Do we need New Mexico? I think old Mexico is good enough. It just hasn't caught on, this whole New Mexico thing.
Q: You're in the director's chair for this film. This was the first time you directed a film?
Chris Rock: Yes. This is the absolute first time.
Q: With all the responsibilities that entails, how were your nerves? Did your nerves ever get the best of you?
Chris Rock: It's weird. Actually, it made me relax. You know, when you write a movie and you hand it over to somebody, somebody that you probably just met months ago, it can be [nerve racking]. But this was very relaxing actually. I've got Ali [LeRoi – his producing and writing partner] and I know what we normally do when we work together.
Q: From the vantage point of a director, did you find yourself being more critical of your performance?
Chris Rock: I actually found myself and being less critical of my performance. I'm just lettin' it glide.
Q: What is it you love about directing? And what do you dislike about it?
Chris Rock: I love the control. I love everything. I love just taking the thing and seeing it and making it your own. ... It's easier for me that way. I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge. It's the same amount of stuff I did when I was doing The Chris Rock Show, or I'm doing a stand-up special. I cut those. It got to where I was like taking charge. Then I started doing movies. And when I started delegating authority, the quality went down.
The only thing I hate about it is just the politics of having to deal with the studio and all that, but it's their money.
Q: But DreamWorks does have great people. Can you talk about working with Walter Parks?
Chris Rock: Walter is one of the smartest guys I've ever worked with on film. It's weird. It's like little test. You give out a script to anybody. People tend to identify with the character that most looks like them. And the problem with black movies is the executives refused to identify with a black character. So you get the most notes on that character. For instance, we're doing Down to Earth. It's really a romantic comedy/ love story. Most of my notes from female executives came about the white women in the movie. Almost no notes about the Regina character, because no one became that character. Walter Parks was the first guy I ever gave the script to that actually became the character and gave me notes from Mays Gilliam's perspective. Like ever!
Q: And then there's Bernie Mac. He has an electric personality. How did you go about working with him on this? Being the director, was it difficult?
Chris Rock: No. It was kind of fun. It allowed me to just be a fan. Those were my favorite days on set, because I got to be just a fan and just laugh. Bernie Mac gets off the train and starts smacking people. That's like please. I wish every day was like that.
Q: And you guys really lay into each other. Tell us about choreographing the fight scenes between you and Bernie Mac.
Chris Rock: That was the hardest day of shooting. That was the hardest, hardest day of shooting.
Q: It looked like it hurt, which is the desired cinematic effect, of course.
Chris Rock: I might have connected with Bernie a couple of times. But you know I'm kind of a little guy. I can't hurt him. He never connected with me, or else I would be talking out the side of my ear right now.
Q: And there was a stunt double that took the fall for you?
Chris Rock: A stunt double took the fall. (He laughs.)
Q: And how long have you had the ambition to direct?
Chris Rock: I've had it. It's come and gone. I didn't think I wanted to do something as radical. I thought I'd be able to just bind directly to just what I want to do. But I wasn't. I remember Woody [Allen] would say: "Are you going to direct? Your movies are crazy. You have to direct your movies. I don't have crazy ideas. You do." Then now, as I see this movie, my ideas are a little ... different than your run-of-the-mill director probably.
Q: I was impressed because the movie was funny, but on the other hand it's also very intelligent. I mean, the way that you present the humor is at times slapstick, but you have a lot of timely issues in this film which you address within the context of a comedy. Can you tell me about the process of writing the script with Ali?
Chris Rock: You tried to write jokes first, but you always try to raise it up to your level of intelligence. You don't want to dumb it down. So, you're writing a movie with a political backdrop. We watch our C-SPAN and we'd read our papers. We tried to simplify it. We tried to make it more social issues than actual political issues. Know what I mean? Are we going to war? A social issue: Husbands are leaving wives. It affects people on a social level. All the stuff about France and airspace and Turkey and all that, that's politics. There's no politics in the movie.
Q: The film's opening credits feature an amusing parade of famous names – people in politics. Was there ever the temptation to use political names other than the people that appear in credits?
Chris Rock: No. That opening credit joke: it's kind of a signal to the press that you're watching a comedy and this is not The McLaughlin Group. This is: sit down and laugh. You know, relax.
Q: In the film you have an array of intriguing extras who account for some of the big laughs. Can you talk to us about the use of the extras in the movie... how do you find those particular faces?
Chris Rock: Sometimes you're just walking around and you're looking at extras. And you're looking at who's got a good face. And you go, "YOU!" (He laughs.) "YOU FOR THE CLOSE-UP!" And they're like, "Aaaah!"
Q: And some of these people were professional dancers – the people in the tuxes at the party scene.
Chris Rock: They were all professional dancers. We hired a hip-hop choreographer that work with the Backstreet Boys, and she taught them the steps.
Q: There's a certain group of commando women in this film. Were you going to maybe do more with the Super Whores?
Chris Rock: (He laughs.) Oh, you know, that was kind of enough. You wanted more superstores.
Q: Yes.
Chris Rock: More Super Whores.
Q: And then there's one of your great riffs in the film with the line: "That ain't right" For example, Crib Malt Liquor, "That ain't right." Was there anything else you wanted to comment on that ain't right, which isn't in the film. Something more than Crib Malt Liquor? You know, they gave us a bottle of it.
Chris Rock: (He laughs.) Crib Malt Liquor, man… See what they're trying to push to these kids! We probably had a little bit we edited out of it, but I can't remember everything off-hand. I always want things to be funnier, but there was nothing really offensive, I don't think.
Q: On the other side might you say it's not offensive enough?
Chris Rock: I don't know. I mean, I'm not in to the whole Jackass movement – a movie where you take a s**t in a department store. I'm more old school that.
Q: I'm sure you're well aware that Chris Tucker is also doing a movie about a black president. Did this affect the writing and production of your film?
Chris Rock: I heard he was doing it. And for a while we weren't going to write it because we thought his was coming out. We thought ours might get pushed back or whatever. But we said, "OK, let's write it. And if he starts filming his, forget it. We'll shelve it. We will make ours a Mayor movie or something." And I don't know what happened with his. But [at the time] I knew it wasn't in production or something. If he had started his we wouldn't have done ours. We probably wouldn't have done it because [his film] can [open] after mine because he's a bigger movie star. I couldn't come after him. down to earth chris rock
Q: Do you think?
Chris Rock: Well, you've got two meteor movies [at the same time], you've got two meteors and hitting the Earth, there a lot of volcano movies, you can't do two black president movies.
Q: Where in some many haps exit to producers start director
ROCK:
Q: On screen, you have a very persistent energy. Do people expect you to have that energy everywhere you go? Are you expected to be a funny man all the time?
Chris Rock: Kind of. But I stay away from those people. I hang around the people that know I'm depressing. (He laughs.)
Q: There are some good bits of physical comedy in the film, like when the foreign representative kisses you. Was that spontaneous?
Chris Rock: Spontaneous. But I mean it's classic stuff. You know, Groucho. Steve Martin does stuff like that. chris rock funny
Q: Would you be open to doing a sequel?
Chris Rock: Yes. And Bernie would be there.
Q: Did you ever go to a film and think one day I would be there?
Chris Rock: I remember seeing Beverly Hills Cop three times the first time it came out, just sitting in the theater, "Whoa! I've got to see that again" (he laughs). I was such a big fan. But I never thought about it until I became a comedian.
Q: And for comedic sequences overall, was there anything too taboo that you couldn't use?
Chris Rock: Yes.
Q: Maybe you'll use this material in a future film or stand-up performance.
Chris Rock: (Shrugs) Well, "comedy is tragedy plus time" – Alan Alda, Crimes and Misdemeanors (he laughs).
Q: Do you think that we'll have an African– American president one day?
Chris Rock: I think we will eventually have an African-American president. I don't think it will be a big difference than any of the other presidents. I mean, whoever the African-American who is president will probably run as just a normal guy. He's going to run like everybody else. He's not going to get in saying, "I'm going to do things black." It's probably easier to have an African-American who tows the party line, than having a white guy who talks like Mays Gilliam, probably.
Q: And do you have people coming up to you with demos?
Chris Rock: All the time! (He laughs.) It's a running joke. It's like, if you're black and you make a hundred grand a year, you're in the record business. You're gonna get tapes! I get them most all the time, man. In the bathroom! Under a stall!
Q: Do you give them a listen? Do you toss them?
Chris Rock: I listen to them now and then, every now and then. You never know.
Here's a weird story. There's a record called Let Me Clear My Throat. It's a demo I heard. I gave it to Rick Rubin. He signed the guy! (He laughs.)
You're looking in me like yeah right. Look it up! Look at the back of the album! DJ Kool thanks Chris rock. (He laughs.) Call Rick Rubin! It's true! Let Me Clear My Throat... I didn't it get any finder's fee. The guy actually reminds me of that all the time, and Rick picks up the check wherever we go.
Q: Might you receive scripts the same way you get demos?
Chris Rock: Yes. I get the scripts.
Q: So now you're in the position of auditioning actors. What's it like auditioning actors and having to turn somebody down?
Chris Rock: Well, You don't turn them down to their face. You tell their agent. You don't go have say, "That was good, but you suck!" (He laughs.) That never happens.
I like auditioning actors because you get to see different interpretations of your work. It's like, "I never thought of it being done that way."
Q: This is sort of an off-the-wall question, but in reference to what you said earlier, I have the impression you dig Woody Allen films. Do you?
Chris Rock: I love Woody Allen films!
Q: Any one in particular?
Chris Rock: Annie Hall is the best.
Q: And what with all that's going on right now with Iraq. What do you think about that?
Chris Rock: Well, You want to avoid war at all costs. It's all confusing to me. I've definitely woke up days where it's sometimes we just bomb people without asking, so why all the formalities now? I don't understand it. Why give people a chance? I don't understand it. chris rock white
You know, I don't like war, but if that's what it's gonna be, that's what it's gonna be. I wish everyone well and I don't want anybody to die, because I know people that have to go. I've got family members that would have to go. head of state chris rock
Q: What's the coolest thing about being a comedian?
Chris Rock: The coolest thing about being a comedian is a there is almost no inappropriate behavior. So anything you're caught doing, if you're willing to make fun of it, you'll be fine.
Q: Are you in Kevin Smith's Jersey Girl? Or were you in any way involved?
Chris Rock: Naah, I wish! I was doing [Head of State]. I wanted to star in Jersey Girl.
chris rock pitch
Q: Did Kevin ask you?
Chris Rock: No.
Q: Going back now: what was the very first performance gig you remember getting paid for?
Chris Rock: My first show business job: Catch a Rising Star, 1977, at the First Avenue Comedy Club, audition night. Past auditions. Got five bucks for about seven minutes of stand-up.
Q: How's your baby girl?
Chris Rock: The baby's coming along! The fingers are all there. Toes are still there. I get a little sleep, but I smile every day, and I definitely didn't smile every day. Her name is Lola Simone Rock. Princess Lola the First is what I call her.
Q: So how about future directing gigs? Think it'll happen again soon?
chris rock youtube
Chris Rock: If the right thing comes along, yes. This one turned out pretty good so I'd be crazy not to do it again.
Q: I'm told you're going to be taking a break from film after Head of State, does this mean we'll soon see you doing stand-up?
Chris Rock: Since I don't have a movie gig right now, I think I'll do some stand-up this year. Baby needs diamond shoes (he laughs).
Q: What was it that so possessed you to stand on your chair during your interview with Will Farrell (while he was guest-hosting on Late Night with David Letterman)?
Chris Rock: Me and Will Farrell, we were having a ball. It was good. Might do a movie with him. I don't know, but we've decided. It was like: I was sitting there and I'd never worked with him at all. And we were like, "Hey! This is good! We have a good energy together."
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger DVD
Amazon.com
Chris Rock in 3-D? That’s more or less what you get with Kill the Messenger. Recorded in 2008, the 79-minute show is actually a compilation of
three different gigs (in London, New York, and Johannesburg, South Africa) deftly edited into a single performance, presumably drawing on the
best takes from each. It’s an effective technique, as it sustains visual interest (i.e., Rock’s wardrobe changes) and reveals the comedian’s
gift for making his act seem spontaneous when in fact it’s basically the same every night during a given tour. As for the content, it’s what
you’d expect from Rock: rude (f-bombs fall like acid rain, the "n word" flows freely, and the sexual references are extremely graphic),
incisive, and hilarious. Some of the material has already passed its sell-by date; jokes about the ’08 presidential election, while funny (John
McCain is "so old, he used to own Sidney Poitier"), are obviously no longer current. Elsewhere, Rock riffs on the difference between "career" and "job," gay
fans, ringtones, and even Gwen Stefani, but it’s his observations about race that are central to the performance--and they never lose their
bite, especially when it comes to black-white relations (on black men’s predilection for, uh, larger women: "A black man’ll drop-kick
Keira Knightley to get to Rosie O’Donnell"). On the whole, he seems optimistic, if somewhat bemused ("All my black friends have a
bunch of white friends. All my white friends have one black friend"), even as he remains acutely aware of the persistence of racism and
inequality. If you’re easily offended, steer clear of Kill the Messenger. Otherwise, get ready to laugh. --Sam Graham
Product Description
Comic superstar and three-time Emmy® Award-winner Chris Rock stars in his fifth solo HBO stand-up performance. Kill The Messenger features Chris
Rock from three international performances - at South Africa's Carnival City Casino, Londons Carling Apollo Hammersmith and New York 's legendary
Apollo Theater - where he delivers his unique, adults-only take on dozens of social, political and celebrity issues.
Chris Rock: Bigger and Blacker DVD - chris rock bigger blacker - chris rock niggas - chris blacker
Amazon.com - chris rock champagne room
Comedian Chris Rock makes a raucous return to his stand-up roots in this HBO special filmed at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater. Despite his
manic and profane delivery, Rock's comedy is often rooted in traditional subjects for comedians: family relationships, misunderstandings between
men and women, and observations on how childhood has changed. But he takes his material right to the edge, proving himself to be a sharp-eyed
satirist. Serious and timely issues, such as school shootings or children being neglected by partying parents, are tackled by Rock, who's not
afraid to slip in a serious point while being hysterically funny. His defense of President Clinton against his accusers is a good example of
how Rock's material is almost always bound to offend someone: he slices through the self-righteous rhetoric of the impeachment spectacle, but
even the behavior he defends comes in for ridicule with jokes that are extremely funny as well as extremely coarse. The pace of this one-hour
show is uneven, and some viewers will no doubt find Rock's penchant for using profanity as punctuation tiresome. But those who like intelligent
comedy with a hard edge will find much to laugh at in Chris Rock: Bigger and Blacker. -- Robert J. McNamara
Product Description - chris rock ass
' 'The funniest man in America' ' according to Time magazine and Vanity Fair, presents an hour of ' 'riotously funny' ' (Entertainment Weekly)
and ' 'breathtakingly provocative' ' (Chicago Sun-Times) outstanding stand-up comedy.
Chris Rock: Never Scared DVD
Amazon.com
Chris Rock: Never Scared is the hot comic's fourth HBO special and proves as disciplined and trenchant as his previous cable concerts. Announcing
he's a recent father, Rock proclaims his biggest job is keeping his daughter "off the pole," i.e., steering her away from the life
of a stripper. Warming to the theme, Rock asks why so many strippers earn money to pay for expensive tuitions yet he's never received "a
smart lap dance." Things turn topical as Rock argues that his government won't solve the murders of rappers. ("More people saw Tupac
get shot than watched the last episode of Seinfeld.") After taking broadsides at Michael Jackson ("Ed Bradley tried his best to make
Michael look like a mammal!") and David Blaine ("Are we so desperate we fall for a trickless magician?"), Rock builds to a near-lecture
(funny, though) on why white America won't let people of color acquire real wealth. --Tom Keogh
Product Description - chris rock nigga please
Chris Rock, the three-time Emmy Award-winner, comedian, actor, and host of HBO's acclaimed The Chris Show, stars in his fourth solo stand up
special for HBO, Chris Rock: Never Scared. Featuring his unique, insightful, and hilarious views on a host of social, political and, celebrity
issues, Rock confirms his stature as the leading comic of our time. Filmed at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., this is a must have
for any fan of great comedy.
www.chrisrock.com
chrisrock com
www chrisrock
http://www.myspace.com/chrisrock
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001674/
Notes
1.Chris Rock: Bring the Pain. [TV]. HBO. 1996.
2.a b c Wolk, Josh (2004-03-19). "Chris Rock On Fire". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,600310,00.html. Retrieved
on 2007-10-13.
3."". Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. BBC One. 2008-01-11.
4.Weiss, Rebecca (2007-04-27). "Christian Finnegan Chats". The Cornell Daily Sun. http://cornellsun.com/node/23218. Retrieved on 2007-10-15.
5."George Lopez at MySpace". http://www.myspace.com/georgelopez. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.
6.a b c d "Chris Rock". Inside the Actors Studio. Bravo. 2007-03-13. No. 6, season 13.
7."Chris Rock: Biography". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019115/bio.
8.Note: Reliable sources differ on his year of birth. In his book, Rock This!, Rock gives his birth date as February 7, 1966. But Rock stated
he was 42 years old on his February 28, 2007 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
9."Stand Up Comedy & Comedians". www.comedy-zone.net. http://www.comedy-zone.net/standup/comedian/index.htm. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
10.Cindy Pearlman (January 29, 2001). "Rolling Rock: Chris Rock Hits His Hollywood Stride". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chrisrock/articles/story/5920132/rolling_rock_chris_rock_hits_his_hollywood_stride.
11."Chris Rock Biography". Yahoo!. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019115/bio.
12.Kenny Rock at the Internet Movie Database
13.World Entertainment News Network (2007-10-04). "Chris Rock Feels He 'Failed' Deceased Brother". Starpulse.com. http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/04/chris_rock_feels_he_failed_deceased_brot.
Retrieved on 2008-09-11.
14."Chris Rock's Brother Died - In a New York Homeless Shelter!!!". MediaTakeOut.com. 2007-10-01. http://www.mediatakeout.com/2008/12977-chris_rocks_brother_died_-_in_a_new_york_homeless_shelter.html.
Retrieved on 2008-09-11.
15.Mercer, Mark (2008-09-11). "Comedian Tony Rock Visits". Marksfriggin.com. http://marksfriggin.com/news08/9-8.htm#thu. Retrieved
on 2008-09-11. "Tony said that he has 7 brothers and one of them died. Tony said that brother was his hero so that really hurt. He said
he had a rough life and he had been in and out of prison and had some other problems."
16.a b Bennun, David (2000). "Chris Rock". http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bennun/interviews/chrisrock.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
17.a b c Chappell, Kevin (May 1997). "Chris Rock: hot comic is on the roll of his life". Ebony. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n7_v52/ai_19383834.
Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
18.AllMovie.com review
19."Chris Rock: The funniest man in America?". The Guardian. 2001-06-01. http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,499318,00.html.
Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
20.a b Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (1996) (TV) - Awards
21.Handy, Bruce (2001). "America's Best Artist's and Entertainers". Time. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/americasbest/pro.crock.html.
Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
22.Sample, Kristin (2008-07-10). "Chris Rock to do his fifth HBO special in September - TCA Report". TVSquad.com. http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/kill+the+messenger/.
Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
23."Icon Chris Rock". Maxim. April 2007. http://www.maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7480&src=maxim_ed.
24.Awards page for Everybody Hates Chris at imdb.com
25."Chris Rock effect fails to boost Oscars"; The Guardian Unlimited; March 2, 2005
26.Lundegaard, Erik; "Hey, Chris Rock: Shut the [bleep up: A film critic takes the Oscar host to task for his film criticism"; MSNBC;
February 3, 2005]
27."Chris Rock, Oscars host, slams Oscars"; Sydney Morning Herald/Reuters; February 16, 2005
28.Rock, Chris. "Rock This," Hyperion, 1997, p. 46. "I got bused from Bed-Stuy to a white school in a poor white neighborhood:
Gerretson Beach, Brooklyn... What I actually got was a worse education in a worse neighborhood..."
29.Sweeney, Kathy. The Guardian (UK). "Wind Them Up and Watch Them Go," 1 June, 2001: "Bill Cosby may have publicly reprimanded
him for satirizing black Americans, but Rock is having the last laugh." http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,499318,00.html
30.Morano, Marc. CNSNews. "Bill Cosby to Blacks," 2 July, 2004. ""When you put on a record, and that record is yelling 'nigger
this' and 'nigger that' and cursing all over the thing and you got your little six-year-old and seven-year-old sitting in the back seat of the
car—those children hear that... That's all minstrel show stuff. I am tired of it."
31.Rock, Chris. Rock This; Hyperion, 1997, p. 16.
32."Chris Rock defends Live Earth swearing: Comic is critical of climate change show despite being host"; nme.com; July 7, 2007.
33.a b c Dagostino, Mark (2007-03-01). "Chris Rock, Wife Say Their Marriage Is Solid". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1554849,00.html.
Retrieved on 2008-08-19.
34."Chris Rock Biography". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019115/bio.
35."Chris Rock Files for Divorce". TMZ.com. November 3 2006. http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/03/chris-rock-files-for-divorce/.
36."Everybody Hates Divorce -- Rock Split on Hold". TMZ.com. 2006-11-17. http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/17/everybody-hates-divorce-rock-split-on-hold/.
Retrieved on 2008-08-19.
37."Everybody Loves Chris". http://www.craveonline.com/humor/articles/04647576/everybody_loves_chris.html.
38.Paternity Papers Agsinst Comedian/Actor Chris Rock Filed In Bulloch Court
39."DNA test clears Chris Rock in paternity case, lawyer says," Associated Press on CNN.com, 7 Aug 2007.
40.Century, Douglas (February 11, 2007). "Alpine, N.J., Home of Hip-Hop Royalty". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/arts/music/11cent.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1171568108-1pz1/OJee/4fGSWjvrJ/bw.
Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
41."The Past Is Another Country". Henry Louis Gates, Jr.. African American Lives 2. PBS. 2008-02-13. No. 4.
This is the page about chris rock: chris rock vs, cris rock, chris rock black people, chris rocks, free chris rock tickets, chris rock stand up comedy, chris rock niggers, biography rock, comedian rock
Source: Wikipedia