“I like LA. LA is cool, but it ain't like home. Atlanta is home. All my friends are here, I grew up here. But LA is cool. Its more like a big office. Its work and you work, and you're meetin' people all the time, but its more like acquaintances than friends and stuff.I wanted to cut down on the profanity, because I think I'm funnier without sayin' a lot of cuss words.” PeopleThinkingHomeBigsWantedStuffCuttingGrewOfficeGrew UpMy FriendsAcquaintanceAtlantaProfanityCuss Words Author:Chris Tucker
“Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's where he got his character 'the tramp' from. It's a bad situation that he transformed into comedic one.” CharacterHurtSituationComedyLondonBrokeTransformedStarvingCharlieComedicTrampsChaplinBad Situations Author:Chris Tucker
“It was like a family reunion, watching the movie. It's always a good feeling when I can get a screening for my family.” I CanFeelingsFamilyMy FamilyReunionScreeningGood FeelingFamily Reunion Author:Chris Tucker
“A black President? Now come on y'all, we got Clinton, that's close. He got negro tendencies.” BlackPresidentClintonTendencies Author:Chris Tucker
“Everybody goes through a lot of the same things, and I talk about those, and that's the key. You have to connect with your audience, and I might take them on a trip with me, tell them I went here and I went there and they'll go with me, you know, to hear the stories.” KnowsStoriesMightAudienceKeys Author:Chris Tucker
“I want to do movies that mean something, that make people laugh and cry great movies, period-piece movies and work with the best people out there, who bring the best out of me.” PeopleWantMeanLaughingPiecesCryPeriodsMaking People Laugh Author:Chris Tucker
“I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.” ThinkingKnowsGivingKnow HowLessons Author:Chris Tucker
“I couldn't tell people what I wanted to do because I was from Atlanta. You don't tell people you're gonna be a comedian in Atlanta. That means you ain't gonna do nothing.” PeopleMeanWantedComedianAtlanta Author:Chris Tucker
“I love to talk about people I've met being an entertainer. All my encounters in life - I roll it all into an hour and 30 minutes.” PeopleHoursMinutesMetsEncountersEntertainers Author:Chris Tucker
“I get on stage and talk about different stuff in my life and what I've been through and what I think about the world. It's picking out highlights of things and how I became who I am and how my daddy raised me.” ThinkingWorldDifferentStuffStageRaisedWho I AmDaddyHighlights Author:Chris Tucker