Kevin Hart Quotes

Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards.

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.

I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything.

I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didn't want to be a singer. I didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star.

I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.

You have to be a star to be in this business.

I know that everyone wants to know about 'Downton Abbey,' but the truth is that it was only a few days out of my life. Still, you play a distinctive part on a hit series, and everyone suddenly knows who you are. Isn't it crazy how this business works?

When you get performance slots for award shows - that's a big deal for me.

Suddenly, I was in a category with Barbara Striesand, Olivia Newton John, Donna Summer, Carley Simon - it was kind of neat for me.

I want people to take me seriously as an actor. I want to be a star; I won't deny that.

The Rock has come back; he's been cool with me, and I have nothing against him at all. He's achieved everything in WWE, and of course, he's achieved everything in Hollywood. It's a huge success story.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

Both the industries, be it Bollywood or music, have been really kind to me.

I'm an Academy Award winner. I'm serious.

Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face.

Whether it happens over 10 years, like with a lot of people, or with one hit movie that thrusts you into that world, when you become successful as an actor, you become well known. In the end game, that's just part of the business.

Showbiz is great if you're successful.

I've wanted to be a professional actor for years and if you get any sort of success in that field then fame sort of comes along with it. But I don't know if I'm sort of media fodder like other people are. I'm essentially a family man.

I didn't feel entitled to become a star. I didn't expect it.

I've got a Grammy and Emmy, I'd like to have a Tony.

I think people of lesser talent will become stars.

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.