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You're not famous unless people's mothers know who you are. Everybody else, you think you're famous, but you're just hot, and heat cools off.

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Chris Rock
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 7
Comedian
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Film Director
Film Producer
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Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
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South Carolina
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Christopher Julius Rock III
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