100 Quotes by Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart, a dynamic comedian and actor, has built his career on infectious energy and relatable humor that transcends boundaries. His stand-up performances, marked by candid storytelling and self-deprecating wit, resonate with audiences from all walks of life. Beyond the stage, Hart's charismatic presence has translated seamlessly into film, where he has starred in a range of comedies and action movies. His journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of the most recognizable faces in entertainment is a testament to his resilience and unyielding work ethic. Hart's comedic prowess, combined with his authenticity and determination, continues to make him a beloved figure in both comedy and Hollywood.
Kevin Hart Quotes
When I was married, I definitely went through a lying period. (Meaning)
My Twitter reflects what's going on with me in my life. (Meaning)
I know how easy it is to put your foot in your mouth. (Meaning)
Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view. (Meaning)
I never do anything that I don't want to do. (Meaning)
For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy. (Meaning)
How the hell do you wake up dead? (Meaning)
I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money. (Meaning)
Life is too short to worry about what others say about you. Have fun and give them something to talk about.
If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.
My goals are so high that I don't have time to relax, in any way shape or form.
Relationships are like farting, If you push too hard things could get messy real fast.
The only time you should look back in life, is to see how far you have come.
The day Rick Ross dives into the crowd, is the day we find out who his true fans are.
The best feeling in the world is seeing the benefits and rewards of hard work.
The relationship we have with God is not the same over a life; sometimes, as with human relationships, it goes through bad patches and sometimes it becomes very intense.
I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault- they watched the foot come towards their face.
People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.
Laughter heals all wounds, and that's one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you're going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.
It all depends on what you're willing to invest time and effort in and put your mind to. That's what separates winners from losers. Winners are the ones who want the most out of their opportunities.
The worst thing about being lied to, is realizing they don't think you're worth the truth.
I am in control of my career, and that's what so many actors don't take advantage of. You get to these successful points, and you continue to just work for other people. But, when you're your own brand and you're your own boss, the whole line of work changes. That's my biggest turn on.
I DON'T have EX's! I have Y's. Like 'Y the hell did I date you?!
Ever argue with a female and, in the middle of the argument, you no longer feel safe because of her actions? She may start pacing back and forth real fast, breathing out her nose. You know what my girl do? When she get mad, she start talking in the third person. That's scary as hell because that's her way of telling me that from this point on, she is not responsible for none of her actions.
Winners are the ones who want the most out of their opportunities.
I love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it.
I don't look at obstacles as obstacles. I look at them as things that were put there for a reason. You can approach these things negatively or positively. I think those that approach it with a negative mindset only get a negative outcome.
You get one life. I'm going to embrace mine.
Back in my heyday, when I was out on the streets - I'm engaged now, about to get married - but before that I was quite the sex symbol. My line was, "If I was taller, would I have a chance?".
Divine love, agape, is self-sacrificing love, which sounds difficult, as it is, and not very attractive. If the best image we have of love is of a man who's been tortured and hung upon a cross to die an excruciating death, this is something that human beings find very, very hard to understand as love. But it is the highest Christian image of love.
I want to reach the status of becoming a mogul. And the only way you get there is by work.
I shouldn't have to ask for your permission for me to put you in my lie!
I'm a businessman as well as an entertainer. The reason why is because I want to own whatever I'm doing. I don't want to work for other people forever.
At the end of the day, women are a distraction. Whether you realize it or not.
My experiences in life are getting bigger and better. The more stuff I do, the more stuff I talk about - having kids, traveling, going through relationship problems, dealing with things in my own family. All that stuff builds character.
My road to success was a long road to success was a long road. You get out of something what you put into it. I put blood, sweat and tears into stand-up comedy and the entertainment realm in general. For me to just know be coming around is a blessing. It's a blessing and it's an honor. It makes me say I can get more and I can do more.
Some people love so hard that they can't control those emotions when they're at their deepest point.
I didn't work hard to sit down and not work.
The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else.
Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.
Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.
Being humble matters.
I don't care how busy I am - I will always make time for what's most important to me.
My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine.
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 love making people laugh. And I love laughing.
The racehorses assemble at the starting barrier in all the finery of a mediaeval pageant, the jockeys in silks like figures from a Tarot pack, the bookies in leather and tweeds standing beside their boards each confident that the future has been controlled.
I got a dog with a Napoleon complex. I have a Napoleon complex. We're small. Anything big that we feel is threatening us, we want to fight. We're not a pushover.
The funny thing is, all my friends are short. I wasn't aware of tall people till I got to high school. I didn't know they existed. I was sheltered.
I ain't never called nobody no redskin. I've never been mad, like, 'Get out of this restaurant, you redskin.'
Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can't become athletes. We're watching guys who actually made it. We see them dunking and making touchdowns. Then we think about ourselves when we were younger.
I didn't want to lift weights and get all big; I just wanted to get cut.
I don't think you get successful to brag and throw what you have in the world's face. That's all private.
Almost anything can be funny if said the right way - but it has to be said the right way.
The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.
You've got to put yourself in positions to take away what can be said.
When I got into the business of entertainment, I did it for a reason. I didn't do it to not be successful. I did it to be successful. And to hopefully get to the highest level that I possibly could. Thus far, I'm achieving those goals. That doesn't make you stop. That doesn't make you complacent. It makes you want to do more.
My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.
If you look at me close enough, there's a small resemblance to a chicken nugget. I don't know if it's my skin texture or my hair, but the resemblance is definitely there.
Before I look stupid and not know what a word means or how to pronounce it, I'll stop the whole production, "Hey, real quick, guys. Define this word for me. Somebody."
When you're in love, love makes you do crazy things, and can take you down a whirlwind of a road.
The same thing I did in 2013 is what I'm trying to do in 2014, which is continue to improve, continue to shock people. You know, I have several projects coming up between 2014 and 2015, and hopefully by 2015, I'll have another hour of stand-up material where I'll be able to go on the road and tour again.
No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you're staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It's very simple when you look at it.
I'm not going to stop having problems.
I don't see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, 'I'ma do that,' and they do it. That's it. There's no scientifical process.
When obstacles have been put in front of me, I just get around them and move past them and laugh at them.
I had one incident where my daughter said that a girl asked if she was a brown person. I said, 'We're black. You have black people, white people, Chinese people, Hispanic people; we're all brought up differently.'
I love to pop up at the movie theaters. I love to treat the people who are there.
I'm a Buffalo wing magnet, a sandwich fanatic, a cheesesteak guy. But I'll only get a cheesesteak in Philadelphia. No one else does it right.
Because of what I do, it has to be an open book, but right now this is a book that is being written.
There's a difference between who we love, who we settle for, and who we're meant for.
You don't want to pigeonhole yourself.
At the end of the day, your fans are the people who support you in and out. And their opinions matter.
No man wants to settle down. It happens. Eventually you're going to bump into somebody that makes you go, 'Hmm, I don't mind seeing this person every day.'
Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to put the work in!!
There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behind us. I never looked back there, but she was like, 'Will you all just shut up!' And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, 'What are you doing?!' I was like, 'You better get up here! I don't play the fighting games.'
I love women with attitude.
I'm not the most attractive fella. I'm not a Billy Dee Williams. Personality is everything.
It's a well-known fact that tall people are evil.
I was always big on laughs, giving and receiving. It wasn't necessarily good for my teachers. Of course there's times where you go too far. My mom had to tell me, "Boy, if I have to come down to this school one more time, you're gonna get it."
I want to be funny, but it has to be a believable funny.
The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.
Some sarcasm is best told simply.
My upbringing was solid because of the people I had around me.
I don't write material. Funny things happen to me in the course of a day, and I just make notes.
I'm not a big politics guy.
The beauty of me is I'm always going to ask. I'll never not ask.
At the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.
Comedy Central was a great network, but 'Chappelle's Show' took it to a completely different level. Other shows got bigger because so many viewers were watching the 'Chappelle' reruns. For BET, the 'Real Husbands of Hollywood' has that same potential.
I don't know if I'm at the relationship advice stage yet. I do have a lot of information to share, and a book is definitely in the works, but I don't know whether it'll be geared towards relationships.
My business acumen is definitely growing.
A reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.
I think women go crazy for a reason. It's not like it just happens.
The two things in the world we all share in this world are laughter and pain. We've all got problems. The levels of those problems vary, but we've all got problems. When you can take things that are painful and make them funny, that's a gift - to you and your audience.
My fans saw me get engaged, saw me make that woman my wife, me having kids, me divorcing, me talking about divorce before the divorce, me talking about my kids' reaction to that divorce.
My lady makes me do it. I sang Whitney Houston's "Bodyguard".
A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this career of mine.
Chris Rock does the political thing really well, but that never worked for me.
I just want to be a great example to younger kids.
I don't like to hear woman argue...it makes my balls itch.
Take me and my role seriously. Take my talent seriously.
I don't think comedy will ever die.
Comedy's about opening up and being unique, but to a point where the audience can relate to what you're saying.
The kind of poetry I write, lyric poetry, I think is really concerned with intimacy, with mystery. That needn't be religious mystery, there are mysteries to do with everyday life.
My son is becoming me - just a silly, silly prankster guy.
I don't know about other people, but I love to work.
I love soft-cotton white T-shirts.
I have good laugh every day. I enjoy life. I'm surrounded by love and positivity.
Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.
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 don't want enemies. I want friends, and I want them in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and loving whoever they want to.
The most exciting thing in the world to me is that I'm doing what I love to do, and that I'm successful doing it. Pursuing my dream and executing it is exciting to me.
Men and women do think differently, and frankly, we don't understand each other. Not at all! But that's what makes relationships so amazing.
My rule is to save myself first.
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.
What you find I think in the mystical strain of Catholicism is that you're put in relationship with God, and you have many opportunities not only of talking with God in petitionary prayer, but also of listening to God, being attentive to God, as happens in contemplation.
I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.
Every poem that I write is, in a sense, trying to find adequate words for this unspeakable word, around which my entire life turns.
I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It's good that the person I'm being onstage isn't really an act. It's really me.
Just because your environment or living space changes doesn't mean that your attitude necessarily has to change.
Soul Plane' put me in a position to succeed. I'm glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.
Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.
My drive is other people's success.
I think death is not simply the last few moments of life, death is something that runs throughout the whole of life. Each of our moments is not only the possibility of affirmation, but it's also we're saying farewell at each moment to something.
I am an angel. I was sent here from God to heal.
Best Man Holiday' was a very successful film.
Men are like lions. We hunt.
I make a lot of expressions constantly. I'm animated.
What women need to understand is that men don't communicate. It's not intentional or on purpose. We're just not as emotional. You ladies feel like you have to express yourselves.
I think sometimes celebrities get so big, they're not reachable.
When I was married, I definitely went through a lying period.
The sound of the headboard, that's motivation.
If you're my best friend I shouldn't have to ask you to lie for me.
Is everything funny? For me, yes. There's a positive to every negative. Even my divorce? For me, yes. If you go back and look at it, why it happened or how it happened, there's something in there that'll make you laugh.
Some sarcasm is best told simply. Some humor is best told big and some is best told small.
People see me on the street, and they point to me, and they're like, 'Hey! All right, all right, all right!'
People want to act like they know celebrities. They want to see pictures. They want to know where you're going. They want to hear you talk about your family.
My Twitter reflects what's going on with me in my life.
Success isn't supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There's no guarantee you're going to succeed. There's nothing set in stone.
I am capable of holding the quote-unquote 'title' of leading man. Leading man just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.
This younger generation that's around, that's tweeting, Facebooking and Vine-ing, the fans appreciate that because they feel like they can get to you.
When people get married young, you don't really understand the true definition of marriage.
I know how easy it is to put your foot in your mouth.
I've pushed several women in front of violent situations. My rule is save myself first.
My goals are so high.
I feel like whatever you've done in your career, good or bad, it's nothing but preparation for the big events to come.
Some people come to work and that's exactly what it is - work.
I don't take pictures when I'm with my kids, for the sake of my kids. It's important when you're as busy as I am that you give your kids your time when you're with them, and nothing compromises that. I've been lucky enough to have fans that understand that.
I'm happy about working; I'm happy about gracing the stage and coming out and making people laugh. I never treat it like a job or feel that way. It's the best thing ever to me, and I feel like a kid in a candy store.
All men hate the nagging.
I'm pretty much an open book. I've pretty much talked about anything I'm going through onstage. Between interviews and curious fans, I've been asked everything. And I always give answers. I don't shy away from anything.
I'm not a good storm-outer because I forget stuff.
The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.
― Kevin Hart Quotes
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