J.V. Hart Quotes

When I was married, I definitely went through a lying period.

The sound of the headboard, that's motivation.

If you're my bestfriend I shouldn't have to ask you to lie for me.

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.

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.

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.

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.

My Twitter reflects what's going on with me in my life.

I've pushed several women in front of violent situations. My rule is save myself first.

I know how easy it is to put your foot in your mouth.

I have good laugh every day. I enjoy life. I'm surrounded by love and positivity.

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.

All men hate the nagging.

I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money.

Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting.

The good thing about having chemistry is, when you get to the improv section of a scene, you've got somebody to feed off. It can go on and on and on, and the sky's the limit.

I'm more of a realist when it comes to life, and I'd much rather my mother be in a spiritual place in Heaven than in a bed, sick, fighting for her life.

I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm different. I'm not just a comedian.' I'm trying to become a rock star.

I know a dramatic role is going to happen, but you just got to be patient, you know? It's going to happen when it's supposed to happen. I'm not rushing it. I'm not trying to make it happen tomorrow.

I learned from the guys before me - Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Richard Pryor, just to name a few. These are guys that let it all hang out. What they lived is what they took to the stage.

I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it's what I live for.

I don't have to change anything. I think that's the secret to comedy. You want to be universal and appeal to everyone.

Going through my divorce has changed who I am in my understanding of what's good and bad in relationships.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate. When you communicate comfortably, regardless of what you're saying, it can always be processed.

I wanna produce, write, and direct my own projects, and eventually fund them. I wanna be a mogul.

I only wanna go up the steps toward a different level of stardom. The BET Awards was one of those steps, the VMAs was another huge step. And the next step, eventually, hopefully, would be the Oscars.

There's actually a lot of bullshit in my Google search. They killed me in one of them! I died in one of my Google searches.

Did I try to embarrass other people? Now if it's about other people, guilty guilty guilty guilty.

I'm very scary. I'm a menace.

I just don't believe people can tame animals.

Bieber has 10 million fans - most are in middle schools, or standing at least 500 feet away from one.

What? Okay, back up. How in the hell do you 'turn up missing'?

I like the fact that now my understanding for entertainment and the entertainment business is completely different from what it was when I first came in. I get the business side of it.

When you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. Once you get to the point where Hollywood sees that you create results, then the demand for you becomes higher.

When you're supposed to be close and friends in the film, the moment you're talking as friends off the set, it makes it that much better when you're filming.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it's not about the money.

You might be the funniest guy in the world, but if you don't have anything to talk about, people are eventually going to gravitate towards the guy that's actually saying something.

I know how I get hard. Running on a treadmill behind women in a gym normally does it for me.

There's so much you can achieve with a launching pad like stand-up comedy. You can literally go from acting to hosting to being a personality.

The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

How the hell do you wake up dead?

People like to hear the word 'love.'

I don't use Twitter for bad.

I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.

I promise you, I will have something on the Internet that is game-changing. I can't lose.

Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it.