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.
KEVIN HARTA reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.
More Kevin Hart Quotes
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My style of comedy is more self-deprecating. I think that makes me more relatable. When you deal with ‘topics’ – race, white versus black – you’re not separating from the pack. You’re doing what everybody else is doing.
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I had a great time being a salesman because of the pitches that I gave when I was selling shoes.
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When people get married young, you don’t really understand the true definition of marriage.
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I get that racism exists, but it’s not a catalyst for my content. I don’t need to talk about race to have material.
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I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.
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I don’t see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great?
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At the end of the day, women are a distraction. Whether you realize it or not.
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People see me on the street, and they point to me, and they’re like, ‘Hey! All right, all right, all right!’
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On ‘Think Like a Man,’ they got the best out of me because they allowed me to bring my own cadences and opinions to the character that I was playing. I think we got the best of that particular character.
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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.
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This younger generation that’s around, that’s tweeting, Facebooking and Vine-ing, the fans appreciate that because they feel like they can get to you.
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You definitely want your kids to understand their heritage, but I don’t want my kids to just focus on being black. They are people. I don’t want them to judge other people or to be judged.
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Because I’m small, I’ve been called things from ‘Happy Feet’ to ‘Little Face.’
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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.
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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.
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