Morris Chestnut famous quotes

04-24-2025

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.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Men #Perspective #Males
You have to be insane to direct.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Insane #Direct
You go from movies where you are wearing nice clothes and you're trying to smell good to a movie where you are in water and you are wet all day, and you are dealing with that elements, it gets rough, but it was definitely something I wanted to try.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Nice #Smell #Clothes
I am just another fireman because the story focuses on Joaquin Phoenix's character, but I play Joaquin's close friend and I get burned up a little bit, but I don't die.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Character #Play #Phoenix
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.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Independent #People #Take A Chance
Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Stories #Easier #Overseeing
Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Opportunity #White #Black
Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Careers #People #Body
To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don't require you just to take your shirt off.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Interesting #Shirts #Shirt Off
I've been in a situation where I was after the money.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Situation
It's not always about the money.
-- Morris Chestnut
I'm just happy to be working consistently.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Consistently
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.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Clothes #People
I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Guy #Actors #Good Guy
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.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Thinking #Rapper #People
I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Challenges #Roles
It's hard when you see a scene where it's raining, and we have the rain machine, and you see it for 5 minutes, but that scene takes all day to shoot, and you do it with rain, and the dry off, and go back and do it again.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Rain #Machines #Dry
And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Men #Thinking #Talking
I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Thinking #Stories #Action
I enjoy what I do, but it's more challenging than people think.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Thinking #People #Challenges
At one point, people thought that Eddie Murphy would only reach one sector of the audience, but now everyone sees everything Eddie Murphy does.
-- Morris Chestnut

#People #Doe #Audience
When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Romantic Love #Worry #People
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.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Hate #Heart #Cold
Unless you are really grounded and have a true sense of reality, you can get lost in that and a lot of people do and that's why you see so many people with successful careers but with destructive lives.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Successful #Reality #Careers
I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Stories #Want
Oh yeah, I'm a huge romance fan. And some women like action.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Romance #Fans #Action
I want viewers to relate to me on a different level, not just a sexual level.
-- Morris Chestnut

#Want #Different #Levels

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