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.
KEVIN HARTI want to be respected as a guy who knows what he’s talking about. And that, to me, holds more weight than anything else.
More Kevin Hart Quotes
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Laughter heals all wounds, and that’s one thing that everybody shares.
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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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The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you’re above everybody else.
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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 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.
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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.
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Expect me to continue what I’ve been doing, which is trying to take over the world.
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I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself.
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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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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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I’m a businessman as well as an entertainer. The reason why is because I want to own whatever I’m doing. I don’t want to work for other people forever.
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When you can take things that are painful and make them funny, that’s a gift – to you and your audience.
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At the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.
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My mum passing away wasn’t funny, but that funeral and what I went through, the things that happened, looking back at it, there were funny moments. You have to be strong enough to look back at it, to sit and assess the situation.
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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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I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it’s what I live for.
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The same thing I did in 2013 is what I’m trying to do in 2014, which is continue to improve, continue to shock people.
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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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No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset.
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Because I’m small, I’ve been called things from ‘Happy Feet’ to ‘Little Face.’
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Almost anything can be funny if said the right way – but it has to be said the right way.
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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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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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People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.
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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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All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that.
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