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If a bullet cost $ 5,000, there ’d be no more innocent bystanders.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
That s — was about fame. If O.J. was n’t famous, he ’d be in jail right now, if O.J. drove a bus, he would n’t even be O.J. He ’d be Orenthal, the Bus Driving Murderer.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Black people too happy, White people too mad, i have n’t seen White people that mad since they canceled.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
When you’re in a relationship, you’re in a band, and when you’re in a band, you have roles that you play in the band. Sometimes you sing lead and sometimes you’re on tambourine. And if you’re on tambourine, play it right … ‘ cause nobody wants to see a mad tambourine player.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Jada said Kevin Winter/Getty Images’s not coming. I was like, ‘ Is n’t she on a TV show ? ’ Jada’s gon na boycott the Oscars ? Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I was n’t invited !
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
At some point I'll talk about that s---, and it will be serious, and it will be funny.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I don't have a bunch of s *** about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I had like a whole show I wrote before this weekend, and I'm still kind of processing what happened, so at some point I'll talk about that s ***. And it'll be serious and it'll be funny, but right now I'm going to tell some jokes.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Let me do a show, y'all! y'all got me all misty and s---.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is about marginalized people in Harlem that needed to heal from pain, just know in 2022 -- this is not just a 1969 story about marginalized people in Harlem.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Oh wow, wow – Will Smith just smacked the s--- out of me.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I wanna apologize to the Academy. I wanna apologize to all my fellow nominees, this is a beautiful moment and I'm not crying for winning an award. It's not about winning an award for me, it's about being able to shine light on all of the people.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Jada's mad her man Will Smith was not nominated for' Concussion.' i get it. It's not fair that Will Smith was this good and didn't get nominated. It's also not fair that Will Smith was paid $ 20 million for [ the 1999 film ]' Wild Wild West.'.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna's panties, i wasn't invited.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Me, Sandler, Spade and Farley — we shared an office at‘Saturday Night Live,’ we called it a dorm. We’re friends to this day. I love those guys.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This looks like one of the last times I saw Chris alive, i would see him one more time when I did a gig in Chicago. We tried to hang out afterwards, but … I don’t know if you’ve ever really hung out with an addict. Towards the end, anything that isn’t the drug is a chore.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I hosted the first episode this season. That feels like six years ago, here's how messed up the world was when I hosted, okay ? I wanted Kanye West to be the musical guest and he couldn't do Kanye West because he was running for president.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's the kids who really aren't wearing a mask, and you know, it's sad, it's sad that our health has become, you know, a sort of political issue ... It's a status symbol, almost, to not wear a mask.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
So many great directors nominated this year ! i don't know, Chris Rock. I thought there was something missing.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
On one hand, I’m a black man who’s like, ‘F--- the police.’ On the other hand, I own property, so when my house gets broken into I’m not calling the Crips, he jokes. Midway through his set, Rock says bullies are needed. That’s how Trump became president, we got rid of bullies. A real bully showed up and nobody knew how to handle him.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
You get to reset, it's not a breakdown, but something in your life broke down.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I wanna find some peace, 'cause people usually find that peace in a horrible time, why does that have to be? Maybe I can find God without being in shambles. Maybe I can reach a higher plain spiritually without being in a near-death experience.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
Is Hollywood racist? You're damn right Hollywood is racist. But it ain't that racist that you've grown accustomed to. Hollywood is sorority racist. It's like: 'We like you Rhonda, but you're not a Kappa,'.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Everyone wants to know in the world, is Hollywood racist ? is it ‘ burning cross racist ’ ? No. Is it ‘ fetch me some lemonade racist ’ ? No. It’s a different type of racist. ... Hollywood is ‘ sorority racist. ’ It’s like, we like you Rhonda, but you’re not a Kappa.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I thought about quitting, I thought about it real hard, they’re gonna have the Oscars anyway!
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I get it. You get mad, she said ‘it was not fair that Will was this good and did not get nominated.’ It’s also not fair that Will was paid $20 million for ‘Wild Wild West.’.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Jada got mad, Jada said she’s not coming, isn’t she on a TV show? Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Last year, the San Francisco Giants won it all without any black guys on the team, the team the Giants had to beat to get there, the St. Louis Cardinals, had no black people. None. How could you ever be in St. Louis and see no black people?
Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't know what to say. What do you say ? I hope it's not true. That's all you can say. I really do, i grew up on Bill Cosby. I love Bill Cosby, and I just hope New York magazine's not true. New York magazine's a weird year for comedy. We lost Robin( Williams), we lost Joan( Rivers), and we kind of lost Bill Cosby.
Found on CNN 10 years ago
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