"It's good to have a vision for your life, but your moral conduct and your moral code should be priceless. You should just have some values that you just hold, that you won;t sell at any price," said Dave Chappelle, as he recently addressed a group of students in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Dave Chappelle says he's glad he left his TV show. Peep the article here.
I have to say my TV viewing went down to zero after his show left the airwaves. But, being a writer, filmmaker and now, writing for a TV show I have to say I'm down with brother man. The quote above makes me love him even more.
I just had to appreciate, I know none of us are perfect. Life wouldn't be fun if we were. LOL. But, you just don't find people in the industry that are willing walk away from the money if it comprises their vision.
I just had to give props to Dave for keepin' it real! Everyone hears about the GLAM of industry stuff, but few speak of the compromises made and the BS dished. My writing partner, Sofia and I have been working on developing a pilot for TV and we've been lucky to work with a team that let's us do our thing. Not that we haven't had our moments where we're both like, WHATEVER! We also know that our experience, and I will say, thus far has been rare, VERY rare. I guess the SISTER OUTSIDER ENTERTAINMENT JURY will have to reserve our vote for out TV experience until, we actually go into production.
go dave! thanks for posting this - I was trying to tell my cousin last night that he did not go to rehab - he just didn't want to do the show for many personal reasons.
Posted by: triciawang | December 25, 2007 at 01:02 PM