Chris Rock isn’t nervous about social topics in the new issue of New York magazine. Even though he’s technically promoting his new movie, Top Five, the 49-year-old comedian doesn’t just talk film stuff in the interview.
Rock gives his blunt opinion on race relations, Bill Cosby (he’s hoping that the rape allegations aren’t true), politics, and a bunch more. We highlighted 10 jewels that stood out.
Check out the quotes in the gallery.
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“If poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets.”
Hilarious.
“Being a comedian, 80 percent of the job is just you notice sh*t, which is a trait of schizophrenics too.”
Good to know.
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“My children saved me from my miserable self.”
The joys of parenthood never sounded so candid.
“I’d do a special on race, but I’d have no black people.”
This is how Chris Rock would report from Ferguson, if he were a journalist.
“[President Obama is] Cooler than most politicians, not as cool as actual cool people.”
Absolutely.
“Everybody wanted Michael Jordan, right? We got Shaq. That’s not a disappointment.”
Does this sum up President Obama’s time in office?
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“George Bush revolutionized the presidency. He was the first president who only served the people who voted for him. He literally operated like a cable network.”
Accurate.
“There’s an advantage that Bush had that Obama doesn’t have. People thinking you’re dumb is an advantage. Obama started as a genius.”
Interesting theory.
“Comedy’s really fair. It’s not like music, where you can hire Timbaland and he gives you a beat and a song, and even though you can’t sing it’s a hit.”
Timbaland might beg to differ.
“There are no race relations. White people were crazy. Now they’re not as crazy.”
That’s one way to put it.
