J.V. Hart Quotes

I was probably tall as a child, but I just stopped growing.

I'm a health nut, but when I eat, I go hard.

I'm good friends with Jay Leno, good friends with Ed O'Neill, Melanie Fiona and Russell Simmons.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

The original 'About Last Night' was phenomenal.

I never do anything that I don't want to do.

I go onstage and I talk, and I remember what I'm saying, and I track it.

I like playing basketball and going to the gym. I don't box, but I'll ride my bike and go jogging or running in the park. Sometimes my lady and I go hiking.

I'm never gonna step away from stand-up. I can't. That's what got me where I am, and that's also my muse. That's how I stay level-headed. That's what keeps me going.

Because I'm small, I've been called things from 'Happy Feet' to 'Little Face.'

All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that.

Barbra Streisand has accomplished so much, and Dustin Hoffman as well. They are down to earth and approachable. I admire that.

I'm a whopping 5 foot 4 inches tall. I'm not going to get any taller.

Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view.

Expect me to continue what I've been doing, which is trying to take over the world.

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

I'm not a good storm-outer... because I forget stuff.

I took my daughter to the father-daughter dance and I cried like a little baby. She's 11 years old, so seeing her get dressed up and pretty made me cry.

The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.

My daughter has impressions that she does of me.

The thing about impressing your girlfriend is that when you do something like a private island in Fiji, it's all downhill from that point.

You do projects with the hope they will be big and hope they will go beyond what you imagine.

You see some of the weirdest people in Detroit casinos.

Really, I don't like roller coasters.

I'm not Russell Crowe. I'm not going to do a period piece.

I've been known to preach.

I've done auditions where the casting director is taking the paper out of my hand in the middle of reading.

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.

In comedy, my strengths are improvisation.

It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do or should be.

My goal is to make everyone and anyone a fan.

My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.

People don't want to hear about me having leather walls or gold toilets.

I have wanted to sing for as long as I can remember. Literally, since maybe the second grade. I don't think there was one turning point where I said, "This is it".

The best songs that I write usually come in, like, two minutes, and I think a lot of songwriters would probably say those kind of songs that come just like that are the good ones.

The songs that you work and work and work on sometimes are just forced and not as good.

I just love to sing, so like my dad's advice when I was younger - anytime you get a chance to sing, just go out there and do it! I truly just love the actual singing.

It's not bad to stand in front of 20,000 people and sing. It's nerve-racking, a huge adrenaline rush, but it's also very exciting, and not many people get to experience that. It's pretty special.

Falling in love with love Is falling for make-believe.

The lovely loving and the hateful hates.

Hate California--it's cold and it's damp.

Doing too much for others (often at their own expense), many persons are more 'human doings' than human beings.

We make butterflies by feeding caterpillars, not by trying to paste wings on them. Kids need to like themselves the way they are, and we can help them develop a positive self-image.

We all enter the world with fairly simple needs: to be protected, to be nurtured, to be loved unconditionally, and to belong.

If you tell children they are bad, that's what they believe they are--and that's probably what they will become.

Your faith is measured by how well you love those who can't stand you.

It's easier not to love. Beware of the easy path this day.

The Church needs more people willing to wash feet, not just point out they're dirty or complain that they smell.

You can usually tell by the look on someone's face if they woke up counting their problems or their blessings.

Don't make Christ ride shotgun.