Latest Chris Tucker Quotes from Interviews

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• One thing about me, when I make a decision about something, I realize when you make choices in life, that dictates your life.

  Chris Tucker

  Choices, Decision, Realizing

  Source: www.pbs.org

• A lot of lines in movies were written, but I'm always improvising. Once you get into the scene, it just comes to me.

  Chris Tucker

  Lines, Scene, Improvising

• Just believe in yourself and work really hard. And when doors open, take advantage of every opportunity you can.

  Chris Tucker

  Believe, Opportunity, Doors

• I am Jewish. My real name is Chris Tuckenberg. A lot of people don't know about that.

  Chris Tucker

  Real, Names, People

  "Chris Tucker and Brett Ratner". Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. August 7, 2007.

• I reenact everything. I love to paint a picture for my audience. I'm a lot like Richard Pryor in that aspect. I do a lot of acting on stage, acting out and visualizing stuff. I love to do that. I'm into it so much, it just comes out of me.

  Chris Tucker

  Acting, Stuff, Paint

  Interview with Matt Rodriguez, shakefire.com.

• I feel like every time I go out I want to do a good job. I want people to say that he's just as good at stand-up as he is in some of the movies I've seen him in, so I try to do the best every time I go out there.

  Chris Tucker

  Jobs, People, Trying

  "Chris Tucker on Silver Linings Playbook and his intermittent film career". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. December 14, 2012.

• I've lived a little bit and traveled the world and experienced a lot of things that I can play any role, and I think I can get into stuff that people never thought I would ever do because of my experiences and growth as a person.

  Chris Tucker

  Thinking, Play, People

  "Chris Tucker on Silver Linings Playbook and his intermittent film career". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. December 14, 2012.

• In stand-up you can go either way. It's live. Somebody might say something in the crowd, you might respond to it. But in a movie you could be spontaneous too. But you pretty much have to stick to that story or that scene or that script, but in stand-up you can go wherever you want to. It's more freedom.

  Chris Tucker

  Stories, Crowds, Want

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I think you've got to have a depth, a deeper depth to take stand-up into acting, but I think it really helps you as a stand-up to home into different characters and stuff easily.

  Chris Tucker

  Home, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I believe that I'm going to have a long career, as long as I want, and I think by me going out into the world living a little bit made me... gave me more depth, so when I do go, going into movies is much easier for me.

  Chris Tucker

  Believe, Thinking, Careers

  "Chris Tucker on Silver Linings Playbook and his intermittent film career". Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. December 14, 2012.