When I Do Short Films, I Try

At The End Of The Day, Audiences Just Want To Laugh And Be Entertained. They Want To Escape From Their Reality, And That's Why We Make Movies, To Get People To Escape From The Realities.

When I Was 13, Eddie Murphy Was To Me What Chris Tucker Was To 13-year-olds When I Made 'rush Hour.' And 'rush Hour' Really Came Out Of The Fact That I Grew Up Watching 'beverly Hills Cop' And '48 Hrs.'

There's No Difference Between A Tacky Jew From Miami And A Rap Star. They Both Want The Cadillac And The Rolex With The Diamonds.

I'm Not Invited To The Vanity Fair Dinner Where They Watch The Oscars - Or Even The Oscars Themselves - So I Sit At Home And Watch It With A Bunch Of Close Friends.

Movies Are The Biggest Export In The World, The Biggest American Export. It Influences People All Over The World. Music And Movies. That's What's Exciting About What We Do, The Fact That It's So Global. It Brings People Together. People Don't Have To Understand The Language To Laugh At Actors. They're Going To Laugh Even Though They Don't Understand What They're Saying. Cause They're Seeing It.