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Comic Observations: Chris Rock’s Advice to New Comics

By on April 27, 2011

Chris RockComedian-actor Chris Rock offered some advice to up and coming comedians in his farewell appearance on Oprah.

“When I meet you in Detroit or Cincinnati, move. Not that there’s anything wrong with those towns, but show business is in New York and Los Angeles and Oprah in Chicago,” he says. “You have to be a student of comedy. You have to do it because you want to do it; don’t do it because you want to get famous. It’s too easy to get famous. People think, ‘Cameras should follow me because I’ve got a personality.’ Everybody’s got a personality. What is your backbone? Are you trained as an actor? Are you trained as a journalist?’” – Chris Rock, Oprah.com

Read Chris Rock’s interview on Oprah.


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