People may have made similar comparisons to other shows, but our show's different because I'm in the FBI, she's in the CIA, but that's just the backdrop of the show, it's a character-driven show. We're driven by emotion... there's emotional push and pull throughout each episode.

Morris Chestnut

Categorized in : Entertainment

One thing I love about making an ensemble film is that you can have ten people come away from it with ten different messages.

Morris Chestnut

ensemble different people

99% of the people in the world would say there's something that they'd like to change about their lives, because nothing's perfect, and nobody's perfect. I suppose I could look at the glass half-empty instead of as half-full.

Morris Chestnut

glasses perfect people

It's not always about the money.

Morris Chestnut

I'm kind of a private person, and sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get me to talk.

Morris Chestnut

teeth kind sometimes

When people are courting, many of them think that when they get married, that's it, and everything will be on Easy Street. But you really have to work even harder once you're married, because the challenges are that much greater.

Morris Chestnut

challenges people thinking

Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.

Morris Chestnut

black white opportunity

I did a film which was considered an independent movie with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia called Confidence, and that's the type of film I was willing to take a chance on that because of the caliber of people involved with the film.

Morris Chestnut

independent chance people

My idea of a perfect holiday is spending time with the family, waking up on Christmas morning or Thanksgiving morning, watching football all day, having the family come over, people you haven't seen...

Morris Chestnut

holiday morning football

Oh yeah, I'm a huge romance fan. And some women like action.

Morris Chestnut

romance fans action

I think there's a bit of me in every character. Basically it just depends on what happens with the character.

Morris Chestnut

happens character thinking

I've been in a situation where I was after the money.

Morris Chestnut

situation

I'm just happy to be working consistently.

Morris Chestnut

consistently

And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay.

Morris Chestnut

talking men thinking

A lot of times, women don't get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they're not really dealing well.

Morris Chestnut

males perspective men

I like being New Orleans. Different aspects. You have the lake house. You have a huge, almost plantation-style house, so I like the different elements of the city and what the city has to offer and putting it on the screen.

Morris Chestnut

new-orleans cities lakes

I've had some physically challenging roles.

Morris Chestnut

roles challenges

I read so many scripts, that I don't do that much leisurely reading of books.

Morris Chestnut

scripts reading book

I like to eat sweets. When I go to a restaurant, I'll read the dessert menu before I even look at the entrees.

Morris Chestnut

dessert sweet looks

I try to keep in shape and I always have to check myself. Whenever I binge eat, sweets are the one temptation.

Morris Chestnut

temptation trying sweet

In a lot of things I'm reacting to a lot of things. I'm reacting to a lot people around me. Sometimes not necessarily saying anything but I just have to be thinking it.

Morris Chestnut

sometimes people thinking