101 Quotes by Chris Tucker

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

You don’t know who you messing with man, I slap people for fun. That’s what I do man! You wanna play rough, huh, I kill for fun!

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

Day-to-day life is a lot of work. I work a lot on stand-up stuff, and then day-to-day life and, you know, just living. It’s always different. Try to work out, try to stay in shape, and try to have some fun.

It’s crazy because people expect you to be funny all the time and every day is not a funny day. I go to funerals and people are like ‘tell a joke’ and ‘say one of your lines in a movie.’ It’s a funeral, man!

Making people laugh is giving, and it’s healing, too, when people can go up to the movies and forget about their problems. It’s a good thing. That’s why I want to work.

Everybody goes through a lot of the same things, and I talk about those, and that’s the key. You have to connect with your audience, and I might take them on a trip with me, tell them I went here and I went there and they’ll go with me, you know, to hear the stories.

It was like a family reunion, watching the movie. It’s always a good feeling when I can get a screening for my family.

I couldn’t tell people what I wanted to do because I was from Atlanta. You don’t tell people you’re gonna be a comedian in Atlanta. That means you ain’t gonna do nothing.