Comedians walk out, get a feel for the crowd. If it's not going good, we change directions. If we got to drag your momma into this thing, we will. Whatever we got to do.
God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.
Hollywood is run by people who sit up in their executive office, who are not connected to Mississippi, Alabama, Chicago, South Carolina. They know nothing about that, they don't go to church, and they make their decisions about what they think is right.
I don't want to be 60 years old standing on stage telling some jokes. I want my life to mean something.
I'll stay in theaters. No more comedy clubs. "The Kings of Comedy" changed that life drastically. Everything "springboarded" from standup and that's the key to everything. There would be no acting, no radio, no movies.
I'm a comedian first. I've learned how to act. I just draw on life experiences and that's how I've learned. I didn't take classes or anything. I don't need no classroom.
My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college.
Steve played the role of a choir director in 2003 alongside Cuba Gooding, Jr and Beyonce Knowles in The Fighting Temptations.
Steve was one of the hosts on the somber documentary on BET, Diamonds in the Rough, which focused on teens that live in poor conditions in the housing projects.
Steve co-hosted Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '95 on ABC, and also guest hosted on HBO's Russell Simmons Def Comedy All-Star Jam.
Steve hosted a popular morning radio talk show in Los Angeles, California, and Dallas, Texas, called The Steve Harvey Morning Show. He hosted it live for five years, and boosted the radio station's ratings greatly, it is now in syndication.
Steve felt there was a void in the market for affordable, well taylored suits. He introduced his own line of clothes, calling it 'The Steve Harvey Collection'. The line includes: designer suits, neck ties, cuff links, wallets, belts, jewlery, hats, socks, and much more.
Steve was singled out by Earvin 'Magic' Johnson and Michael Jordan, as the man who influenced the NBA to start wearing fashionable suits.
Steve started on television through The Nashville Network on The Comedy Concert Hour in 1990, moving to A&E in 1992 to appear on Comedy in the Carribean.
Steve was the voice of Buzz in the movie Racing Stripes.
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
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