A lot of lines in movies were written, but I'm always improvising. Once you get into the scene, it just comes to me. Chris Tucker More Quotes by Chris Tucker More Quotes From Chris Tucker That’s the last time I let Wesley Snipes help me out with my taxes! Chris Tucker help-me lasts helping I reenact everything. I love to paint a picture for my audience. I'm a lot like Richard Pryor in that aspect. I do a lot of acting on stage, acting out and visualizing stuff. I love to do that. I'm into it so much, it just comes out of me. Chris Tucker paint acting stuff I believe that I'm going to have a long career, as long as I want, and I think by me going out into the world living a little bit made me... gave me more depth, so when I do go, going into movies is much easier for me. Chris Tucker careers believe thinking I've got a big closet of scripts, and a big stack of scripts on the side of my desk, because you get a whole bunch. Nothing's going to be perfect, and I realize that; but I am a perfectionist, so you go through a lot of stuff. Chris Tucker scripts perfect sides In stand-up you can go either way. It's live. Somebody might say something in the crowd, you might respond to it. But in a movie you could be spontaneous too. But you pretty much have to stick to that story or that scene or that script, but in stand-up you can go wherever you want to. It's more freedom. Chris Tucker crowds stories want I've been fortunate to work with good directors who understand improvisation and understand the way comedians work. Luke Basan let me do my thing like do what you feel and take the character to another level. Quentin Tarrantino was more of an acting coach. He can teach you beats and then hell say go with it but give this feeling. So I've been fortunate to work with good, seasoned directors. Chris Tucker feelings giving character It was like a family reunion, watching the movie. It's always a good feeling when I can get a screening for my family. Chris Tucker reunion family feelings A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different. Chris Tucker different creative directors I really loved what I was doing being creative and being funny as a stand-up comedian. Chris Tucker being-funny comedian creative I like LA. LA is cool, but it ain't like home. Atlanta is home. All my friends are here, I grew up here. But LA is cool. Its more like a big office. Its work and you work, and you're meetin' people all the time, but its more like acquaintances than friends and stuff.I wanted to cut down on the profanity, because I think I'm funnier without sayin' a lot of cuss words. Chris Tucker cutting home thinking Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was doing - stand-up comedy and eventually acting - were in Los Angeles. Chris Tucker georgia acting opportunity This country is just that great that the opportunities are there for a Hispanic president, a black president or any other race for a president, yes. Chris Tucker great black race country You know, we're missing so much as African-Americans and we should be concerned about what's going on in Africa. Chris Tucker africa know you missing He was really smart and he was cunning at times, and his brother . . . was definitely cunning. Chris Tucker