Morris Chestnut quotes
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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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“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.”
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“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.”
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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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“Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.”
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“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.”
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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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“To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don't require you just to take your shirt off.”
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“I've been in a situation where I was after the money.”
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“It's not always about the money.”
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“I'm just happy to be working consistently.”
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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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“I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.”
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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 would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.”
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“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.”
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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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“I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action.”
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“I enjoy what I do, but it's more challenging than people think.”
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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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“When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.”
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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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“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.”
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“I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.”
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“Oh yeah, I'm a huge romance fan. And some women like action.”
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“I want viewers to relate to me on a different level, not just a sexual level.”
-- Morris Chestnut
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