There are a lot of people in this business that don't work consistently.

- Morris Chestnut

And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay.

- Morris Chestnut

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

I enjoy what I do, but it's more challenging than people think.

- Morris Chestnut

I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.

- Morris Chestnut

I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.

- Morris Chestnut

It's not always about the money.

- Morris Chestnut

Nah, I'm not a prima donna, but I just don't like being cold and wet.

- Morris Chestnut

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.

- Morris Chestnut

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

This industry is very make-believe and you caught in a false sense of what reality is.

- Morris Chestnut

To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don't require you just to take your shirt off.

- Morris Chestnut

You can become really pigeon-holed in this industry.

- Morris Chestnut

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

I would never want any of my kids to go into this industry; not until they are old enough to understand and if this is something that they really want to do.

- Morris Chestnut

This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can't take it too seriously. They are what they are.

- Morris Chestnut

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

I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action.

- Morris Chestnut

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

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