Superstar comedian Chris Rock has had a busy few months. Fresh off hosting the Oscars for the first time, Rock is now promoting his two movies due out this summer, "The Longest Yard" and "Madagascar." He sat down with the Daily and a half dozen other college papers last week over the phone to talk about life, comedy and the champagne room.
Tufts Daily: How did you feel about hosting the Oscars? Would you do it again, and was it worth all the work you put in?
Chris Rock: I had a great time and I would definitely do it again. I don't know if they're going to want me again, but if they want me I'll do it.
TD: I read David Spade helped write some of your jokes. Is that true?
CR: Yeah. You know Spade is great with the last minute jokes.
TD: You had your directorial debut with "Head of State." Would you be interested in directing again?
CR: I'm definitely going to direct again. I just have been working on some stuff and maybe some time next year I will direct something.
TD: Like what?
CR: Kind of like a black "Oceans 11" type thing, with maybe me and [Dave] Chappelle and [Chris] Tucker and [Eddie] Murphy or something like that.
TD: A lot of people probably ask you how your life influences your comedy, but I am more interested in how your comedy affects your life. For example, does your wife care for your routine about marriage?
CR: You know she laughs at it. It is like I have two wives: I have my real wife who is a lovely woman, the mother of my children, and then I have my comedy wife, this crazy bitch that won't have sex with me.
TD: Is there a line in comedy that you won't cross?
CR: I won't do anything I think isn't funny. That's the line.
TD: So I've noticed that you've done a lot of different roles; you know your role in "Nurse Betty" was quite different than your role in say "Osmosis Jones" or "Head of State." Do you have one in particular you are most proud of or enjoyed the most? Maybe that's a different question.
CR: I like them all. Pookie in "New Jack City" is probably my best.
TD: Before the Oscars there was the gay comment fiasco. Some things seem like they might be taken out of context. How do you usually react to that?
CR: I don't really react. I almost never react to stories about me; I just go, "okay." I accept the good and the bad, you know. If people are going to say "Oh he is so funny," then when they say something bad, you have to accept that too.
TD: Do you normally not even read stuff about you?
CR: Around the Oscar time I just stopped reading anything.
TD: Is there one person in particular that you would like to be in a romantic comedy with?
CR: In a romantic comedy? I don't know. Halle Berry would be good. And Lucy Liu would kind of be interesting.
TD: Yeah, that would be interesting.
CR: Yeah.
TD: And I was just wondering if you could clear something up. Is there sex in the champagne room, or not?
CR: I haven't experienced sex in the champagne room. So, there is no sex in the champagne room.
