Morris Chestnut Quotes

I think Michael Caine is a perfectly good actor but it's obvious he's not going to be in one of my films.

Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is.

Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.

Mike gets to play four roles this time, if we ever did it again, he will play my role as well. He is a comic genius, everyone wants to be in this movie, let's hope that everyone will wish to see it as well.

I always love watching those natural actors like Bill Cosby, Raven-Symone and Shia LaBeouf - just effortless actors.

I don't think I have the pulling power of Jim Carrey.

Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.

Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive movement, with De La Soul and Mos Def, Common. It's some of the best stuff around.

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.

Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason.

I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.

Parvesh Cheena is a real treat for the ladies.

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.

Johnny Depp is probably the best actor.

I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.

J.Lo cannot sing, but she's still selling out Vegas.

I think people love to watch me on screen, not my acting talent.

Mindless films are usually far more entertaining because the audience just comes for a laugh.

I'm a big Brad Pitt fan. He's really talented. I think a lot of men are intimidated by him, saying he's just a pretty boy or whatever, but he is a bad man. I think he can act.

It is really hard when the actor you pictured can't do the film.

People inside the theaters usually, not 100 percent but most of them, enjoy the movie. Usually they come with a small negative view. In a way, they're prepared to get bored because it's silent and because it's black and white. So they are much more pleased to be entertained in a way. They're very happy when they go out. This was my job. For the other ones, I can do nothing except screen the movie and hope that they will say to their friends that it's not so [bad].

What's important about an actor is his acting, not his life.

Gisele Bundchen, along w Kate Moss, is a phenomenon. I wish models knew they have to have a personality

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.

I think it's fair to say that, yeah, I'm playing Doctor Strange, I get there.