Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the 347th episode of Awards Chatter,

The Hollywood Reporters Awards Podcast,

which this week is brought to you

by Hulu's original limited series Normal People.

Nominated for four Emmy Awards, Stream it Now at Hulu.com.

I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today may be short, but he is, according to no less an authority than Chris Rock, quote,

the biggest stand-up comedian in the world, close quote, and one of its few remaining

bankable movie stars as well. A man who came from nothing and fought his way to the top

where he has found himself in the midst of what New York magazine describes as

quote an unprecedentedly long run as the biggest stand-up in the world, close quote.

And thanks to a screen persona that Men's Journal likened to, quote,

the non-stop yapping underdog who thinks he's the swaggering over dog the chihuahua that barks like a pit bull close quote

anchoring an astounding 10 movies that opened at number one at the box office over the past decade

2012s think Like a Man. 2014's Ride Along,

About Last Night, and Think Like a Man 2.

2016's Ride Along 2 and The Secret Life of Pets, 2018's Night School, and 2019's The Upside, The Secret Life of Pets 2, and

Jemange The Next Level, and who recently chronicled the ups and downs of this journey in a

fascinating six episode three-hour Netflix docuaries called Kevin Hart

don't fuck this up which is now Emmy nominated for Best Unstructured Reality Program.

I'm talking, of course, about Kevin Hart.

Over the course of our conversation, the 41-year-old and I discussed how his parents shaped the

man he is in very different ways and how his height helped to shape his sense of

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