Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart
Kevin Darnell Hart is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hart began his career by winning several amateur comedy competitions at clubs throughout New England, culminating in his first real break in 2000 when he was cast by Judd Apatow for a recurring role on the TV series Undeclared. The series lasted only one season, but he soon landed other roles in movies like Paper Soldiers, Scary Movie 3, Soul Plane, In the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth6 July 1979
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
'Leading man' just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.
I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid's a hard worker, he's talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.
When you're doing a film and the majority of the film is cast black, for me, it's most important to get people to view those movies as just movies, as just good movies. At the end of the day, regardless of the color of the cast, we're all doing the same thing in this business: trying to make a good film.
Some people are jerks, and some people aren't.
You definitely want your kids to understand their heritage, but I don't want my kids to just focus on being black. They are people. I don't want them to judge other people or to be judged. I want them to be good people, so good people will treat them accordingly. I preach that to my kids and everything else falls into place.
I don't believe in doing things to manufacture my body to appeal to what I think people might like.
Some people come to work and that's exactly what it is - work.
When you work hard and you treat people great, regardless of what it is that you're doing, naturally people want to help and do things.
I just don't believe people can tame animals.
You don't have to treat people differently. You may be living a different lifestyle, but the person living that different lifestyle still can relate to anybody and have the same amazing personality of the guy from North Philly.
Did I try to embarrass other people? Now if it's about other people, guilty guilty guilty guilty.
The people around me haven't changed. The people who have been in my life since the beginning are still in my life now. I think that has a lot to do with my staying grounded and humble despite the success I've achieved.
In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.
I am who I am. That's why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don't change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I'm myself 24/7. People appreciate that.