I’ve done auditions where the casting director is taking the paper out of my hand in the middle of reading.
KEVIN HARTSo many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting. But you can go from acting to being a TV personality to being a radio personality to being a writer to being a producer, to just being a visionary, to voiceover work.
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The only way to learn is for it not to get a laugh, so you can adjust it and come back the next day to see if it’s working right. Next time, you might get a different laugh. You’re constantly rebuilding.
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I understand that being able to appeal to the public and having an amazing sense of humour is not something that comes easy. It’s definitely a gift and for which I’m thankful.
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Every relationship should eventually become a long-term relationship. Any director that I meet now isn’t just a director. He’s potentially a friend, and someone I can call to do a project that I want or that I have.
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Because I’m small, I’ve been called things from ‘Happy Feet’ to ‘Little Face.’
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What women need to understand is that men don’t communicate. It’s not intentional or on purpose. We’re just not as emotional. You ladies feel like you have to express yourselves.
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I’m a Buffalo wing magnet, a sandwich fanatic, a cheesesteak guy. But I’ll only get a cheesesteak in Philadelphia. No one else does it right.
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I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.
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I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro – pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you’re going in your career by the company you keep.
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It’s a well-known fact that tall people are evil.
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I am an angel. I was sent here from God to heal.
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I didn’t work hard to sit down and not work.
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My show ‘The Big House’ was picked up; they flew me to New York. I’m about to step on stage to announce Kevin Hart’s ‘The Big House.’ And a hand grabs my shoulder, ‘Kevin no, they just decided to cancel it.’ It’s a serious smack-in-the-face business, and either you can take it, or you can’t.
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A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this career of mine.
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My dad was never married. He was kind of a rolling stone. But he was never disrespectful. At the same time, even though he had women in his life when I was a kid, there wasn’t any consistency.
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The more stuff I do, the more stuff I talk about – having kids, traveling, going through relationship problems, dealing with things in my own family. All that stuff builds character.
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I’m not a good storm-outer… because I forget stuff.
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When you’re coming up with new material, it’s not always gonna be good.
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People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.
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I am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me.
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I never looked back there, but she was like, ‘Will you all just shut up!’ And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, ‘What are you doing?!’ I was like, ‘You better get up here! I don’t play the fighting games.’
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If you look at me close enough, there’s a small resemblance to a chicken nugget. I don’t know if it’s my skin texture or my hair, but the resemblance is definitely there.
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I want them to be good people, so good people will treat them accordingly. I preach that to my kids and everything else falls into place.
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I love to pop up at the movie theaters. I love to treat the people who are there.
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Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.
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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.
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I’m never gonna step away from stand-up. I can’t. That’s what got me where I am, and that’s also my muse. That’s how I stay level-headed. That’s what keeps me going.
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