Not many comedians can sell out a football stadium like Kevin Hart did in 2015, with a record crowd of 53,000 at the Lincoln Football Field. The American entertainer has made history in the entertainment industry after building himself up from the bottom, to the very very top.
Kevin Hart was born in Pennsylvania 1979 and is an American stand-up comedian, actor and producer. His career began after winning several amateur comedy competitions across New England. The performances scored him his first break in 2001 when he was cast by Judd Apatow for a recurring role on the TV series Undeclared. While the series lasted only one season, he soon landed other roles in films such as Paper Soldiers, Scary Movie 3, Soul Plane, In the Mix, and Little Fockers.
While building his acting career, Hart’s comedic reputation continued to grow with the release of his first stand-up album, I’m a Grown Little Man in 2008 and four more to follow.
His string of successful feature films continue to expand with his popularity, taking leading roles in Jumanjii: Welcome to the Jungle, Jumanjii: The Next Level, Central Intelligence, Get Hard and Ride Along.
In 2015, Time Magazine named Hart as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. One of his major strengths is his work ethic, which has kept him at the top of the game even after all of the fame and fortune. His life story speaks volumes about consistent motivation, through humorous words – perfectly aligned to the comedian’s naturally hilarious yet inspiring persona.
1. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this career of mine.
2. This younger generation that’s around, that’s tweeting, Facebook-ing and Vine-ing, the fans appreciate that because they feel like they can get to you.
3. If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you’re really not ready to be successful.
4. A reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.
5. No man wants to settle down. It happens. Eventually you’re going to bump into somebody that makes you go, ‘Hmm, I don’t mind seeing this person every day.'
6. Appreciate the hard work and the process of hard work. Because after that’s over and you get the rewards of success, you look back on those moments and you respect those moments the best.
7. I didn’t work hard to sit down and not work.
8. So I’m at the office, I tell this guy…Pass me the stapler, but when you pass it, make sure staples are in it, because if it isn’t, I can’t staple anythin’.
9. My goals are so high that I don’t have time to relax, in any way shape or form.
10. Some people love so hard that they can’t control those emotions when they’re at their deepest point.
11. The only time you should look back in life is to see how far you have come.
12. I don’t think you get successful to brag and throw what you have in the world’s face. That’s all private.
13. I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it’s what I live for.
14. I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It’s good that the person I’m being onstage isn’t really an act. It’s really me.
15. My success comes in making fun of whatever you’re doing. That’s my way.
16. You definitely want your kids to understand their heritage, but I don’t want my kids to just focus on being black. They are people. I don’t want them to judge other people or to be judged. I want them to be good people, so good people will treat them accordingly. I preach that to my kids and everything else falls into place.
17. At the end of the day, your fans are the people who support you in and out. And their opinions matter.
18. Everything is an open book. I don’t speak on other people’s hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I’m going to talk about it. That’s what my fan base appreciates the most. I’m universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through.
19. The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you’re above everybody else.
20. Be loyal to those who help you grow. You got a team, you keep your team together, you run as a unit. You got a team of people, it means they believed in you, they bought into your dream. That means they invested into you, they invested time, energy, and effort. In return, you gotta invest your vision and promise them that we’re all going to win together.
21. Success isn’t supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There’s no guarantee you’re going to succeed. There’s nothing set in stone.
22. I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.
23. I can get where some scientists would say comedians are crazy. What you have to understand: A lot of comedians are dealing with a dark passion. A lot of these are guys coming from a tumultuous life, including myself. Some people need outlets, a way to express yourself.
24. I am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don’t change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I’m myself 24/7. People appreciate that.
25. I don’t see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, ‘I’ma do that,’ and they do it. That’s it. There’s no scientifical process.
26. Laughter heals all wounds, and that’s one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you’re going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.
27. It all depends on what you’re willing to invest time and effort in and put your mind to. That’s what separates winners from losers. Winners are the ones who want the most out of their opportunities.
28. I think if you get kicked in the face you deserved it because that means that you watched the foot come to your face.
29. The two things in the world we all share in this world are laughter and pain. We’ve all got problems. The levels of those problems vary, but we’ve all got problems. When you can take things that are painful and make them funny, that’s a gift – to you and your audience.
30. You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it’s not about the money.
31. No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.
32. I feel like whatever you’ve done in your career, good or bad, it’s nothing but preparation for the big events to come.
33. I don’t care how busy I am – I will always make time for what’s most important to me.
34. How the hell do you wake up dead?
35. Everybody that’s successful lays a blueprint out.
36. Ever argue with a female and, in the middle of the argument, you no longer feel safe because of her actions? She may start pacing back and forth real fast, breathing out her nose. You know what my girl do? When she get mad, she start talking in the third person. That’s scary as hell because that’s her way of telling me that from this point on, she is not responsible for none of her actions.
37. My drive is other people’s success.
38. My experiences in life are getting bigger and better. The more stuff I do, the more stuff I talk about – having kids, traveling, going through relationship problems, dealing with things in my own family. All that stuff builds character.
39. You get one life. I’m going to embrace mine.
40. Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.
41. Life is too short to worry about what others say about you. Have fun and give them something to talk about.
42. I never do anything that I don’t want to do.