Q&A WithChris Rock
By Susan L. Hornik
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Q&A With…Chris Rock
By Susan L. Hornik
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In I Think I Love My Wife, your character is so bored in his relationship, he finds himself constantly fantasizing about other women. Do you think this is true in real-life relationships? |
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We all want new. We scour the earth for new. It’s not just relationships. Think about it as life. People say, “Why is he bored with her?” “Because he’s a human being, that’s why. Same way his wife is bored with him.” Really, anything that’s supposed to be forever, you’re going to get bored with it. And there is nothing wrong with that. If you are with somebody for ten years and they say they’re not bored with you?! Then something’s wrong with them! |
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Do you know guys who have a roving eye despite being in a relationship? |
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I know some real women like this! Especially the ones that travel for a living! |
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In the movie you have a funny scene where you imagine what it would be like to be single. Do you think married people have that “grass is always greener” fantasy? |
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Naah. I have no desire to be single. It’s something to talk about in a movie, but if I was single, I’d be married! Or I’d be getting married. Being single is for the birds. I want to know who I’m eating with. |
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How did you meet your own wife? |
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That’s a great story. Me and my friends were leaving the Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. Right next door is the Theater at the Garden, and they were having The Essence Awards. And you see all these beautiful black women walking in. So we’re like, “Man, we have got to crash this party” and we did! And it’s so funny—as we are walking through there, we thought, “Hey, this is where you meet your wife!” And that’s how I met my wife! |
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What was your line? |
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I didn’t really have a line. She was working in publicity, so she actually came up to me and said, “Can you take some pictures with so and so?” And I was like, “Hey, I’ll do whatever you want!” |
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Got any advice for people who wonder what it takes to stay faithful? |
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The important thing is when you get married, you just can’t get that close to someone else. You just can’t. You have to put this kind of a wall up and say, “All right, it’s eight o’clock and I’m going home.” You can’t let it get to that other zone because you will have to check it out… Y’know, it’s like heat at a big hotel. There is a switch that you either have on heat or air conditioning. Once you turn on the heat, it takes a lot to turn that off! |
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Contributing entertainment editor Susan L. Hornik is based in Los Angeles.
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