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
perfect stuff scripts
I've got a big closet of scripts, and a big stack of scripts on the side of my desk, because you get a whole bunch. Nothing's going to be perfect, and I realize that; but I am a perfectionist, so you go through a lot of stuff.
girl comedian clubs
So I kept it to myself. Then some of my classmates started to come down to the comedy club, taking a girl out, and they started finding out I was a stand-up comedian.
crazy men people
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!
character giving feelings
I've been fortunate to work with good directors who understand improvisation and understand the way comedians work. Luke Basan let me do my thing like do what you feel and take the character to another level. Quentin Tarrantino was more of an acting coach. He can teach you beats and then hell say go with it but give this feeling. So I've been fortunate to work with good, seasoned directors.
people black black-movie
What!? You tell people that, I won't get no more black movies?
thinking who-i-am daddy
I get on stage and talk about different stuff in my life and what I've been through and what I think about the world. It's picking out highlights of things and how I became who I am and how my daddy raised me.
black president clinton
A black President? Now come on y'all, we got Clinton, that's close. He got negro tendencies.
mean laughing people
I want to do movies that mean something, that make people laugh and cry great movies, period-piece movies and work with the best people out there, who bring the best out of me.
thinking giving lessons
I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.
mean atlanta people
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.
people encounters hours
I love to talk about people I've met being an entertainer. All my encounters in life - I roll it all into an hour and 30 minutes.
water imagine clean
I couldn't imagine not having clean water.
world around-the-world
I travel. I do a lot of traveling around the world.
real thinking interesting
I think real life reflects your movies. In your life, you pick stuff that influences what movie roles you wanna pick. I think if you've got an interesting life, you wanna do interesting movies about interesting things.