Morris Chestnut Quotes:- Morris Chestnut (born January 1, 1969) is an American actor. He first came to prominence for his role as Ricky in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood.
Inspirational Morris Chestnut Quotes
When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.
Morris Chestnut
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 element, it gets rough, but it was definitely something I wanted to try.
Morris Chestnut
I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60% I was cold and wet, so it wasn’t the best shoot for me.
Morris Chestnut
Nah, I’m not a prima donna, but I just don’t like being cold and wet.
Morris Chestnut
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.
Morris Chestnut
I enjoy what I do, but it’s more challenging than people think.
Morris Chestnut
I am just another fireman because the story focuses on Joaquin Phoenix’s character, but I play Joaquin’s close friend and I get burned up a little bit, but I don’t die.
Morris Chestnut
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.
Morris Chestnut
I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that’s more challenging.
Morris Chestnut
There are a lot of people in this business that don’t work consistently.
Morris Chestnut
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.
Morris Chestnut
This industry is very make-believe and you caught in a false sense of what reality is.
Morris Chestnut
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.
Morris Chestnut
Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.
Morris Chestnut
A lot of times, women don’t get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they’re not really dealing well.
Morris Chestnut
And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it is okay.
Morris Chestnut
I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action.
Morris Chestnut
Oh yeah, I’m a huge romance fan. And some women like action.
Morris Chestnut
Showtime has given new, young filmmakers – black, white, across the board – an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.
Morris Chestnut
Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.
Morris Chestnut
At one point, people thought that Eddie Murphy would only reach one sector of the audience, but now everyone sees everything Eddie Murphy does.
Morris Chestnut
I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.
Morris Chestnut
I’m not going to take my shirt off in every movie.
Morris Chestnut
To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don’t require you just to take your shirt off.
Morris Chestnut
I’m getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
Morris Chestnut
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.
Morris Chestnut
