Chris Rock

[Babycakes]

A short and insightful interview with Chris. He seems to have matured.

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Aug 12, 2012 12:11:26 GMT -4 Babycakes said:

A short and insightful interview with Chris. He seems to have matured.

That's a really great interview, thanks for posting it. His comment about missing Chris Farley makes me sad.

[GirlyGhoul]

Aug 12, 2012 12:11:26 GMT -4 Babycakes said:

A short and insightful interview with Chris. He seems to have matured.

Dang. I kept copying bits of the interview as I was reading, intending to quote them here... But it's not kosher to quote a whole article now is it?

Too much awesome- So many celebs could take a note or 12 on how to be both gracious about stardom and still candid and witty at the same time. Well done. Well spoken Mr. Rock.
(And I might add [shallow] Looking mighty fine there![/shallow])

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Aug 12, 2012 22:56:44 GMT -4 GirlyGhoul said:

Aug 12, 2012 12:11:26 GMT -4 Babycakes said:

A short and insightful interview with Chris. He seems to have matured.

Dang. I kept copying bits of the interview as I was reading, intending to quote them here... But it's not kosher to quote a whole article now is it?

Too much awesome- So many celebs could take a note or 12 on how to be both gracious about stardom and still candid and witty at the same time. Well done. Well spoken Mr. Rock.
(And I might add [shallow] Looking mighty fine there![/shallow])

He has definitely gotten better looking and less ashy as he has aged!

[Ginger]

What sucks is that Chris probably said a whole lot of stuff that didn't make it into the interview. He's talkative and those quotes sound heavily edited down. I've always thought that he's insightful and has a lot of common sense.

[sugarhigh]

Aug 12, 2012 22:56:44 GMT -4 GirlyGhoul said:

Aug 12, 2012 12:11:26 GMT -4 Babycakes said:

A short and insightful interview with Chris. He seems to have matured.

(And I might add [shallow] Looking mighty fine there![/shallow])

Yeah, Chris is getting better and better looking as he ages, not so goofy anymore.

Great interview.

[Gigiree]

New York Magazine's "In conversation with Chris Rock: What's killing comedy. What's saving America."

So, to say Obama is progress is saying that he’s the first black person that is qualified to be president. That’s not black progress. That’s white progress. There’s been black people qualified to be president for hundreds of years. . .The question is, you know, my kids are smart, educated, beautiful, polite children. There have been smart, educated, beautiful, polite black children for hundreds of years. The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people.

[/slow clap]

[discoprincess]

Dec 1, 2014 20:22:48 GMT -4 Gigiree said:

New York Magazine's "In conversation with Chris Rock: What's killing comedy. What's saving America."

So, to say Obama is progress is saying that he’s the first black person that is qualified to be president. That’s not black progress. That’s white progress.

Standing ovation!

There’s been black people qualified to be president for hundreds of years. . .The question is, you know, my kids are smart, educated, beautiful, polite children. There have been smart, educated, beautiful, polite black children for hundreds of years. The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people.

We need to send some more of those nicer white people down to the national capital region and introduce them to Malia and Sasha.

[Wenton]

Chris Rock, Jim Carrey, and Julia Louis Dreyfus all aging so well makes me happy.

[mochakitty]

Chris Rock & Wife Malaak Compton-Rock Split

Chris Rock and his wife are divorcing after nearly 20 years together.

"After much contemplation and 19 years of marriage, Chris and I have decided to go our separate ways," Malaak Compton-Rock, a philanthropist and founder of the nonprofit styleWorks, said in a statement Sunday. "Being fortunate enough to lead a life of service by working with those most vulnerable makes me well aware of life's blessings, even when faced with difficulties.

"While recognizing that this is a significant change, my children remain at the center of my life and their well-being is my top priority. It is in this spirit that I sincerely ask that their privacy and the privacy of our family be respected during this transition in our lives."

Rock's attorney, Robert S. Cohen, confirmed the couple has split.

"Chris Rock has filed for divorce from his wife, Malaak," Cohen said in a statement. "This is a personal matter and Chris requests privacy as he and Malaak work through this process and focus on their family.”

The Top Five star, 49, wed Compton-Rock, 45, in 1996. They live in Alpine, New Jersey, with their two daughters together, Lola Simone, 12, and Zahra Savannah, 10.

In 2010, they shot down claims that Rock had fathered another child out of wedlock. Three years earlier, the stars defended their "happy" relationship and "beautiful family" amid divorce speculation.

"The best part is just having a partner," Rock said in 2007 of being married. "There is no real worst part. I'm not going to say there's a worst part. I mean, I'm a comedian – comedians like to work alone. So maybe I'm not the ideal guy to be married to, in that sense."