Morris Chestnut Quotes
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At one point, people thought that Eddie Murphy would only reach one sector of the audience, but now everyone sees everything Eddie Murphy does.
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I didn't pursue acting to become famous. I was actually just trying to make a living.
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California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California.
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I think there's a bit of me in every character. Basically it just depends on what happens with the character.
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A lot of times, women don't get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they're not really dealing well.
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I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the quality of the acting is most important because most rappers are put in movies because of the personality and people want to see that.
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I've been in a situation where I was after the money.
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You start making movies and people start seeing when you go to places, and all of a sudden you are getting clothes for free and all of a sudden you are getting food for free.
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When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.
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I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.
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Ultimately what I want to do, I want to go back and do some more action movies.
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I enjoy what I do, but it's more challenging than people think.
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99% of the people in the world would say there's something that they'd like to change about their lives, because nothing's perfect, and nobody's perfect. I suppose I could look at the glass half-empty instead of as half-full.
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One thing I love about making an ensemble film is that you can have ten people come away from it with ten different messages.
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It's not always about the money.
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Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.
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I did a film which was considered an independent movie with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia called Confidence, and that's the type of film I was willing to take a chance on that because of the caliber of people involved with the film.
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If someone had said to me ten years ago "Yo, we have this role of this pimp who wants to be a rapper, he lives in Memphis", I'd be like, "Really?" But then when you read it and you see it, you say "That's a great role."
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Oh yeah, I'm a huge romance fan. And some women like action.
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I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60% I was cold and wet, so it wasn't the best shoot for me.
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And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay.
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Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.
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I've had some physically challenging roles.
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I would advice to focus on your craft. Nowadays, a lot of people come to quote-unquote Hollywood thinking that all they just have to be different or do something outlandish or have a huge personality to become a star. But I think that if you just focus on the craft, you'll have a better chance at longevity.