I'm sure everyone knows now that only a few have performed in Madison Square Garden. That list is so small. Now I'm on that list. I'm a part of a very small group, which is unbelievable. You relish in that moment for a second.
— Kevin Hart
My son is becoming me - just a silly, silly prankster guy.
I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money.
In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, 'Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with you. I didn't understand what marriage was. I cheated. I was wrong. We couldn't fix it; it got worse. I stepped away because I didn't want it to get any worse. You're the mother of my kids - I don't want to hate you.'
I think sometimes celebrities get so big, they're not reachable.
'Best Man Holiday' was a very successful film.
The good thing about having chemistry is, when you get to the improv section of a scene, you've got somebody to feed off. It can go on and on and on, and the sky's the limit.
You get one life. I'm going to embrace mine.
I ain't never called nobody no redskin. I've never been mad, like, 'Get out of this restaurant, you redskin.'
My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine.
Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view.
For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.
I don't write material. Funny things happen to me in the course of a day, and I just make notes.
Some people are jerks, and some people aren't.
It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do or should be.
People don't want drama 365 days a year. I'm a sense of relief; it's my job to take your mind off what's bad for that brief second you're in the room with me, regardless of shape, race, colour or anything. It brings people together, and it makes me feel good about what I'm doing.
Is everything funny? For me, yes. There's a positive to every negative. Even my divorce? For me, yes. If you go back and look at it, why it happened or how it happened, there's something in there that'll make you laugh.
At the end of the day, your fans are the people who support you in and out. And their opinions matter.
My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.
You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it's not about the money.
I read so much stuff that black women say, especially about my relationship. 'Oh, he left his black wife to go be with some exotic chick.' First of all, my girl is black: she's Jamaican.
I love to pop up at the movie theaters. I love to treat the people who are there.
I don't know about other people, but I love to work.
People like to hear the word 'love.'
I don't believe in doing things to manufacture my body to appeal to what I think people might like.
No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you're staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It's very simple when you look at it.
Men are like lions. We hunt.
I've been known to preach.
Barbra Streisand has accomplished so much, and Dustin Hoffman as well. They are down to earth and approachable. I admire that.
I love diversity.
This younger generation that's around, that's tweeting, Facebooking and Vine-ing, the fans appreciate that because they feel like they can get to you.
I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm different. I'm not just a comedian.' I'm trying to become a rock star.
Everything is an open book. I don't speak on other people's hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I'm going to talk about it. That's what my fan base appreciates the most. I'm universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through.
I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro - pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you're going in your career by the company you keep.
My daughter has impressions that she does of me.
In comedy, my strengths are improvisation.
All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that.
People want to act like they know celebrities. They want to see pictures. They want to know where you're going. They want to hear you talk about your family.
HartBeat Productions is a company established by me; it's mine. I run it. I have employees.
I didn't work hard to sit down and not work.
Take me seriously. Take me and my role seriously. Take my talent seriously.
When I was married, I definitely went through a lying period.
I never do anything that I don't want to do.
When you're supposed to be close and friends in the film, the moment you're talking as friends off the set, it makes it that much better when you're filming.
'Soul Plane' put me in a position to succeed. I'm glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.
I've known Ben Stiller for a minute. One of my first movies was 'Along Came Polly.'
If you look at me in 'Ride Along,' even though I'm playing two different characters, my demeanor and my tone were not aggressive.
You've gotta understand that with branding and the way things are promoted, in our day and age, your older movie stars are not reachable or accessible because they're not a part of the whole social media world.
I was the guy on the swim team entertaining the bus on the way to the meets.
My mum passing away wasn't funny, but that funeral and what I went through, the things that happened, looking back at it, there were funny moments. You have to be strong enough to look back at it, to sit and assess the situation.
