Coach (Tyrone) Nix is always talking about how your position's on the line every scrimmage, so you want to come out there and prove yourself. |
He said, 'Chris, you got 20 million yet? You got 20 million?' |
I couldn't tell people what I wanted to do because I was from Atlanta. You don't tell people you're gonna be a comedian in Atlanta. That means you ain't gonna do nothing, |
I didn't know what he was talking about. I hadn't put two and two together, ... That night, I found out he OK'd it. |
I felt sorry for (the boy). |
I told him to watch out for (the mother) because I felt suspicious, ... You need to watch out. Be careful. |
I want to do movies that mean something, that make people laugh and cry -- great movies, period-piece movies -- and work with the best people out there, who bring the best out of me, |
I wasn't feeling it, really. But I just had to do what I had to do. It turned out the better for me. |
It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside. |
It was cool because I didn't want them to bring up all the stuff I did, |
It was like a family reunion, watching the movie, ... It's always a good feeling when I can get a screening for my family. |
Jackie come to me and says, 'We gonna do a fight scene.' I said 'What?' He says 'We got to do a fight scene in the next scene. I have to teach you.' I say 'How you gonna teach me in three seconds?' ... What we did, we did the fight scene with our arms connected. |
So I kept it to myself. Then some of my classmates started to come down to the comedy club, taking a girl out, and they started finding out I was a stand-up comedian. |
They came out very prepared and we missed lot of tackles. We have to start on Monday and watch the film. I kept asking what was happening. They just out-competed us. |
This summer I just practiced real hard. I was real dedicated. I don't think I missed two or three workouts this whole summer. |