“My business acumen is definitely growing.”

People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.

Here’s the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast, and it’s put in a category of being a black film.

As a producer, as a CEO of Hartbeat Productions, I am making deals to put my company in place to win, to put my staff to work so that while all this stuff is going on, they’re in the kitchen cooking. So it’s understanding the longevity of the entertainment business; you get out of it what you put into it.

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you’re above everybody else.

I am capable of holding the quote-unquote ‘title’ of leading man. Leading man just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.

Expect me to continue what I’ve been doing, which is trying to take over the world.

Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.

You see some of the weirdest people in Detroit casinos.

I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault – they watched the foot come towards their face.

At the end of the day, women are a distraction. Whether you realize it or not.

In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, ‘Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with you.

You know, I have several projects coming up between 2014 and 2015, and hopefully by 2015, I’ll have another hour of stand-up material where I’ll be able to go on the road and tour again.

I love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it.

I don’t want enemies. I want friends, and I want them in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and loving whoever they want to.

My goal is to make everyone and anyone a Kevin Hart fan.

Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.

The methods it employs with such acumen, persistency, and secrecy are employed by all sorts of business men, from corner grocers up to bankers. If exposed, they are excused on the ground that this is business.

People also respected my culinary acumen and my intelligence, and that was their whole thing.