Chappelle’s pain makes him funny. Why doesn’t yours?

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In the Season 12, Episode 11 episode of Inside the Actor’s Studio, Dave Chappelle says something interesting. He says a lot of interesting things throughout the episode, about his life and career, but in discussing the effects of Hollywood on people like Martin Lawrence or Mariah Carey, he says,

A weak person cannot get to sit here and talk to you.