Kevin Hart
If you look at me in 'Ride Along,' even though I'm playing two different characters, my demeanor and my tone were not aggressive.
Everybody that's successful lays a blueprint out.
Being humble matters.
I'm not the most attractive fella. I'm not a Billy Dee Williams. Personality is everything.
I feel like whatever you've done in your career, good or bad, it's nothing but preparation for the big events to come.
I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It's good that the person I'm being onstage isn't really an act. It's really me.
I love soft-cotton white T-shirts.
I don't want enemies. I want friends, and I want them in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and loving whoever they want to.
Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.
My goals are so high that I don't have time to relax in any way, shape or form.
My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.
When I was married, I definitely went through a lying period.
Men and women do think differently, and frankly, we don't understand each other. Not at all! But that's what makes relationships so amazing.
Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can't become athletes. We're watching guys who actually made it. We see them dunking and making touchdowns. Then we think about ourselves when we were younger.
I was probably tall as a child, but I just stopped growing.
The funny thing is, all my friends are short. I wasn't aware of tall people till I got to high school. I didn't know they existed. I was sheltered.
Stand-up is my baby.
You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. 'Hey, y'all, I'm cool with everybody.' That's my message.
I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.
I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid's a hard worker, he's talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.
I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The Butler,' to 'The Best Man,' to 'Ride Along,' to even 'Think Like a Man' from last year - these movies are just good movies.
There's no reason why I can't be a mogul. When I step into a room and I'm there to have a conversation, if it pertains to business, I want to be respected as a guy who knows what he's talking about. And that, to me, holds more weight than anything else.
Oh, my mama was awesome. Very strict, overreligious, loved the Lord, loved rules. But she had to be that way because of where we were growing up, the neighborhood I was from.
I don't need therapy. I'm not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.
Working with a guy like Ice Cube on 'Ride Along,' you learn so much. He's a guy who produces, writes, and directs, so you watch and learn and ask questions. As you go, you learn and figure out what you should and shouldn't do. I do nothing but soak up information.
At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you're going drama just because everybody else does it. You do it to challenge yourself. You do it because, naturally, in the profession of acting, you want to show growth. You want to say that you take the craft seriously.
The quote-unquote 'description' of a leading man was once your tall, handsome man with the build of whatever, almost a trophy to some degree. I think now it's about making a leading man what you want a leading man to be. In this day, you can't deny talent. You look at Jonah Hill, you look at Zach Galifianakis, you look at myself.
'Leading man' just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.
When you're doing a film and the majority of the film is cast black, for me, it's most important to get people to view those movies as just movies, as just good movies. At the end of the day, regardless of the color of the cast, we're all doing the same thing in this business: trying to make a good film.
I think sometimes celebrities get so big, they're not reachable.
People want to act like they know celebrities. They want to see pictures. They want to know where you're going. They want to hear you talk about your family.
I read so much stuff that black women say, especially about my relationship. 'Oh, he left his black wife to go be with some exotic chick.' First of all, my girl is black: she's Jamaican.
All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that.
I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money.
My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.
My son is becoming me - just a silly, silly prankster guy.
My daughter has impressions that she does of me.
I'm sure everyone knows now that only a few have performed in Madison Square Garden. That list is so small. Now I'm on that list. I'm a part of a very small group, which is unbelievable. You relish in that moment for a second.
I had one incident where my daughter said that a girl asked if she was a brown person. I said, 'We're black. You have black people, white people, Chinese people, Hispanic people; we're all brought up differently.'
My fans saw me get engaged, saw me make that woman my wife, me having kids, me divorcing, me talking about divorce before the divorce, me talking about my kids' reaction to that divorce.
The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.
The thing about impressing your girlfriend is that when you do something like a private island in Fiji, it's all downhill from that point.
I'm not a good storm-outer... because I forget stuff.
I promise you, I will have something on the Internet that is game-changing. I can't lose.
Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.
I don't think comedy will ever die.
I don't use Twitter for bad.
My Twitter reflects what's going on with me in my life.
I don't think you get successful to brag and throw what you have in the world's face. That's all private.