Chi McBride
Chi McBride
Kenneth "Chi" McBrideis an American actor. He starred as high school principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public, as Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies, as Detective Laverne Winston on the Fox drama Human Target, and more recently as Detective Don Owen in the short-lived CBS crime drama Golden Boy. He currently has a main role as Five-0 officer Lou Grover in the CBS drama Hawaii Five-0. He has also appeared in films such as Gone in 60 Seconds, The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth23 September 1961
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Chi McBride quotes about
If you look hard enough, you can find race issues and racism in everything. I know people who say, 'See, I don't play pool 'cuz that's where the white ball chase the black ball off the table. So I prefer bowling, where the big black ball knock down the white pins with the red necks.'
I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did
I've had a lot of people tell me they wish I were their principal
I had spent many years before I was 31 hearing people tell me, Oh Man, you're so funny, you need to be in television. But that and a quarter won't get you on a bus
There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate
You have to take some dramatic license just to make it entertaining sometimes
In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much
Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication
Someone said to me today, ‘Everybody loved PUSING DAISIES,’ I said, ‘No, they didn’t— that’s why I’m here today talking about a new show.’
Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainment
It is a different genre - a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I think it makes for very interesting television
When you wear a fresh pair of shoes, you feel like you can never die. You feel like you're gonna live forever.