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" You go from movies where you are wearing nice clothes and you're trying to smell good to a movie where you are in water and you are wet all day, and you are dealing with that elements, it gets rough, but it was definitely something I wanted to try. "

Morris Chestnut

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" Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story. "

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

" I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily. "

" I am just another fireman because the story focuses on Joaquin Phoenix's character, but I play Joaquin's close friend and I get burned up a little bit, but I don't die. "

" I want viewers to relate to me on a different level, not just a sexual level. "

" This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can't take it too seriously. They are what they are. "

" I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60% I was cold and wet, so it wasn't the best shoot for me. "

Morris Chestnut

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Shoot

" This industry is very make-believe and you caught in a false sense of what reality is. "

" I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the quality of the acting is most important because most rappers are put in movies because of the personality and people want to see that. "

" Unless you are really grounded and have a true sense of reality, you can get lost in that and a lot of people do and that's why you see so many people with successful careers but with destructive lives. "

" I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act. "

" You can become really pigeon-holed in this industry. "

" It's hard when you see a scene where it's raining, and we have the rain machine, and you see it for 5 minutes, but that scene takes all day to shoot, and you do it with rain, and the dry off, and go back and do it again. "

" To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don't require you just to take your shirt off. "

Morris Chestnut

Interesting

Work

" It's not always about the money. "

" Nah, I'm not a prima donna, but I just don't like being cold and wet. "

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

" When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you. "

" There are a lot of people in this business that don't work consistently. "

" I enjoy what I do, but it's more challenging than people think. "

" I would never want any of my kids to go into this industry; not until they are old enough to understand and if this is something that they really want to do. "

" 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. "

" I'm just happy to be working consistently. "

" I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action. "

" Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work. "

" You start making movies and people start seeing when you go to places, and all of a sudden you are getting clothes for free and all of a sudden you are getting food for free. "

" 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. "

" I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging. "

Morris Chestnut

Would

" You have to be insane to direct. "