Chris Tucker Quotes
When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I suppose Spotify is a good thing. The ads are quite annoying, but a lot of people seem to like it and use it. I don't myself, but it seems like a good idea, and the labels are getting a huge amount of money off it, but the artists aren't, so that must be good for them... but not us.
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
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The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
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Ultimately, I don't think even a five-company platform oligopoly is good for consumer tech. By its very nature, it handicaps independent companies with new ideas. But it will end one day. I just don't know when.
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If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
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I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book. I never had people like the people I knew. People who could not find their lives in books and celebrated felt bad about themselves. I needed to write to include the lives of these young people.
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I don't like to travel as much as I have in the past, but it's good for my soul to get to pick, especially with these good musicians and these guys that play so well.
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'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.
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I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it.
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I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially.
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Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.
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My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.
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A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate.
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Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song.
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When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.
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I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.
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Unfortunately, I've gotten so conditioned, it's hard to sleep past 4 a.m.
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Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself? Once we identify what the painting on the wall is, it is so much easier to bring in the right colors, canvas and brushes to paint that picture.
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My position on Speedos changes depending on the country that I'm in. If you're in Europe, it's definitely acceptable.
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All layers of the personality are 'conscious.' They simply operate like compartments, so that often one portion of the self is not aware of other portions.
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One can only give an unbiased opinion about things that do not interest one, which is no doubt the reason an unbiased opinion is always valueless. The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.
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When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through.
