Quotes from Morris Chestnut


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


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


At one point, people thought that Eddie Murphy would only reach one sector of the audience, but now everyone sees everything Eddie Murphy does.


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


I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.


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


It's not always about the money.


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


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


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.


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


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


You can become really pigeon-holed in this industry.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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


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.


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.