Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker
Christopher "Chris" Tuckeris an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for playing the role of Smokey in Friday and as Detective James Carter in the Rush Hour film series. Tucker became a frequent stand up performer on Def Comedy Jam in the 1990s. He also appeared in Luc Besson's The Fifth Element...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 August 1971
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
teaching half asian
I am now half Asian. I have learned all the ancient teachings of Buddi.
destiny stuff different
You got to control your own destiny. You got to keep writin different stuff. Keep switchin up and never do the same thin too many times.
fun work-out trying
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.
two
I've been smokin' ever since I was two.
golf people three
I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.
character home thinking
I think you've got to have a depth, a deeper depth to take stand-up into acting, but I think it really helps you as a stand-up to home into different characters and stuff easily.
acting stuff paint
I reenact everything. I love to paint a picture for my audience. I'm a lot like Richard Pryor in that aspect. I do a lot of acting on stage, acting out and visualizing stuff. I love to do that. I'm into it so much, it just comes out of me.
jobs people trying
I feel like every time I go out I want to do a good job. I want people to say that he's just as good at stand-up as he is in some of the movies I've seen him in, so I try to do the best every time I go out there.
crowds want might
In stand-up you can go either way. It's live. Somebody might say something in the crowd, you might respond to it. But in a movie you could be spontaneous too. But you pretty much have to stick to that story or that scene or that script, but in stand-up you can go wherever you want to. It's more freedom.
thinking play people
I've lived a little bit and traveled the world and experienced a lot of things that I can play any role, and I think I can get into stuff that people never thought I would ever do because of my experiences and growth as a person.
believe thinking careers
I believe that I'm going to have a long career, as long as I want, and I think by me going out into the world living a little bit made me... gave me more depth, so when I do go, going into movies is much easier for me.
hurt character london
Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's where he got his character 'the tramp' from. It's a bad situation that he transformed into comedic one.
family feelings reunion
It was like a family reunion, watching the movie. It's always a good feeling when I can get a screening for my family.
opportunity acting georgia
Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was doing - stand-up comedy and eventually acting - were in Los Angeles.