Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting. But you can go from acting to being a TV personality to being a radio personality to being a writer to being a producer, to just being a visionary, to voiceover work.
— Kevin Hart
The quote-unquote 'description' of a leading man was once your tall, handsome man with the build of whatever, almost a trophy to some degree. I think now it's about making a leading man what you want a leading man to be. In this day, you can't deny talent. You look at Jonah Hill, you look at Zach Galifianakis, you look at myself.
I don't need therapy. I'm not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.
I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The Butler,' to 'The Best Man,' to 'Ride Along,' to even 'Think Like a Man' from last year - these movies are just good movies.
I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.
The funny thing is, all my friends are short. I wasn't aware of tall people till I got to high school. I didn't know they existed. I was sheltered.
Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can't become athletes. We're watching guys who actually made it. We see them dunking and making touchdowns. Then we think about ourselves when we were younger.
All men hate the nagging.
Chris Rock does the political thing really well, but that never worked for me.
In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.
I like playing basketball and going to the gym. I don't box, but I'll ride my bike and go jogging or running in the park. Sometimes my lady and I go hiking.
I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.
I think women go crazy for a reason. It's not like it just happens.
The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else.
Expect me to continue what I've been doing, which is trying to take over the world.
I'm not going to stop having problems.
Really, I don't like roller coasters.
When you're doing a film and the majority of the film is cast black, for me, it's most important to get people to view those movies as just movies, as just good movies. At the end of the day, regardless of the color of the cast, we're all doing the same thing in this business: trying to make a good film.
At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you're going drama just because everybody else does it. You do it to challenge yourself. You do it because, naturally, in the profession of acting, you want to show growth. You want to say that you take the craft seriously.
Oh, my mama was awesome. Very strict, overreligious, loved the Lord, loved rules. But she had to be that way because of where we were growing up, the neighborhood I was from.
As a producer, as a CEO of Hartbeat Productions, I am making deals to put my company in place to win, to put my staff to work so that while all this stuff is going on, they're in the kitchen cooking. So it's understanding the longevity of the entertainment business; you get out of it what you put into it.
You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. 'Hey, y'all, I'm cool with everybody.' That's my message.
I was probably tall as a child, but I just stopped growing.
What women need to understand is that men don't communicate. It's not intentional or on purpose. We're just not as emotional. You ladies feel like you have to express yourselves.
Almost anything can be funny if said the right way - but it has to be said the right way.
You do projects with the hope they will be big and hope they will go beyond what you imagine.
I just want to be a great example to younger kids.
An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool.
It's a well-known fact that tall people are evil.
If you look at me close enough, there's a small resemblance to a chicken nugget. I don't know if it's my skin texture or my hair, but the resemblance is definitely there.
You see some of the weirdest people in Detroit casinos.
My goal is to make everyone and anyone a Kevin Hart fan.
You don't want to pigeonhole yourself.
My drive is other people's success.
'Leading man' just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.
Working with a guy like Ice Cube on 'Ride Along,' you learn so much. He's a guy who produces, writes, and directs, so you watch and learn and ask questions. As you go, you learn and figure out what you should and shouldn't do. I do nothing but soak up information.
There's no reason why I can't be a mogul. When I step into a room and I'm there to have a conversation, if it pertains to business, I want to be respected as a guy who knows what he's talking about. And that, to me, holds more weight than anything else.
I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid's a hard worker, he's talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.
Stand-up is my baby.
My mom was very strict. She didn't let me watch anything rated R or anything with cussing.
Men and women do think differently, and frankly, we don't understand each other. Not at all! But that's what makes relationships so amazing.
I try to be funny and not ignorant.
I'm not Russell Crowe. I'm not going to do a period piece.
I make a lot of expressions constantly. I'm animated.
I love women with attitude.
My goals are so high that I don't have time to relax in any way, shape or form.
People don't want to hear about me having leather walls or gold toilets.
I got a dog with a Napoleon complex. I have a Napoleon complex. We're small. Anything big that we feel is threatening us, we want to fight. We're not a pushover.
My upbringing was solid because of the people I had around me.
The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.
