Morris Chestnut Quotes

The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.

You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.

If people perceive you as a good actor then they'll wish for you to be a good actor and they'll root for you when they watch you, but if you come out and you're going to clubs every night people don't root for you anymore.

There are so many examples of talented actors working today, no matter how they live their private lives. I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.

People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that.

I've always thought that as long as directors and casting directors don't see me as just Harry Potter, I'll be OK. People have shown a lot of faith in me, and I owe them a huge debt. They're letting me prove that I'm serious about this.

How do you find a better actor than Michael McKean? How do you find someone who's just that good? They don't grow on trees. Plus, he's a pleasure to work with, pleasure to be around.

Sometimes it's hard to get people to take me seriously as an actor when they just see me as this WWE muscle head.

I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work.

I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor by a lot of people.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

But when you get a bit older, and I hate to use the word, quite a bit more established, people take more notice and conducting becomes a great deal easier. You don't have battles like you had before.

My integrity had been called into question; I was being called a liar, and I am not a liar. And I just think it is time that we stop viewing public figures as fair game.

The worst thing you can do is try to manipulate or control perceptions. It's impossible, and when you are found out the result is disastrous. Better to be transparent and play well with others so that when bad things happen you have a reservoir of good will to bank on.

I have been in movies that I thought I wasn't very good in.

You take the quote from Sam Jackson about how he'll never work with a rapper, and I can understand where he's coming from because he says rappers can't act.

I think around the league, I'm getting more respect. And that's great.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.

But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.

Once people see you pulling off one role, they think you're a safe bet to do a similar role.

The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman.

I experience psychic phenomena, so people think I must be crazy. But you have to be accessible and intelligent to be a good actor. I might not have gotten the best grades in school, but I have a very high level of emotional intelligence. You have to be open to receive.

I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.