Kevin James
Kevin James
Kevin George Knipfing, known professionally by his stage name Kevin James, is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for playing Doug Heffernan on the hit CBS sitcom The King of Queens. He is also known for his lead roles in the comedy films Hitch, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Grown Ups, Zookeeper, Here Comes the Boom, Grown Ups 2, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2and Pixels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 April 1965
CityMineola, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Sometimes I make my life a living hell by writing complex stories with complex characters. But I love it.
I write flawed characters. Ones that do not always make the best decisions and are driven by ambition or lust. They are not black or white, they are in the large space that exists between.
I would always love to be an athlete, but it's got to be a tough day when you have to hang up those cleats.
If I do a movie where I have to have a son and it's a chubby kid, my mother is always like, 'You were never like that.' She gets so upset about it.
I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.'
I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next '1' ready to be launched in case I drop.
I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortable sitting there watching it with them. And just that move people. That make people feel a little bit better about themselves when they leave the theatre.
You think school ends when it ends, but it doesn't.
I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.
I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.
When Art becomes a Science it is no longer an Art.
Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the smallest thing. Like I could be leaning over the sink to brush my teeth in a weird way and it happens.
Imagine what I could have done in ten years. I could have learned to speak Japanese. I could have played every RPG video game ever created, and if I spoke Japanese I could have played the foreign ones too! Man, I could have built a spaceship in my backyard and flew it to the moon and back, if I wanted.