Quotes & Jokes by Chris Tucker / page 4

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.

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.

Being a big star and being known, making movies and a lot of money - that really doesn't interest me.

I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian.

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.

They came out very prepared and we missed lot of tackles. We have to start on Monday and watch the film. I kept asking what was happening. They just out-competed us.

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!

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.

We're certainly going to fight for a reasonable amount of money.

This summer I just practiced real hard. I was real dedicated. I don't think I missed two or three workouts this whole summer.

You see people waving. You don't see people having problems, with each other at least.

We just got vialated by a nasty, small Frenchman.

I love traveling. It not only opens my mind up, but it also allows me to use my fame in another way through humanitarian works and stuff, and being an influence around the world.

IRS officials calling you acting like you owe them the money personally! I don’t owe you shit! This is between me and the company!

When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through.