Chi McBride Quotes

• I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.

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  Tags in Change, Tired

• I had spent many years before I was 31 hearing people tell me, Oh Man, you’re so funny, you need to be in television. But that and a quarter won’t get you on a bus.

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  Tags in People, Need

• Let’s be real: It’s just TV; it’s just entertainment.

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  Tags in Entertainment, Real

• In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much.

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  Tags in Working, People

• I’ve had a lot of people tell me they wish I were their principal.

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  Tags in Principal, People

• It is a different genre – a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I think it makes for very interesting television.

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  Tags in Different, Makes, Something

• Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication.

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  Topics in Dedication, Job

  Tags in Difficult, Teachers

• There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate.

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  Tags in Schools, Think

• You have to take some dramatic license just to make it entertaining sometimes.

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  Tags in Sometimes, Dramatic, Entertaining

Chi McBride (9)

Birth:	23rd September, 1961
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Lyricist, Singer

About

Kenneth "Chi" McBride was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is an American actor, lyricist and singer. He currently has a main role as Five-0 officer Lou Grover in the CBS drama Hawaii Five-0. He has also appeared in films such as Gone in 60 Seconds, The Terminal, I, Robot, and Draft Day. His first success in show business came with the hit song "He's the Champ", which parodied the marriage of boxer Mike Tyson and actress Robin Givens. He is notable for his television roles on Boston Public, The John Larroquette Show, House, The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, Killer Instinct and Pushing Daisies. McBride portrayed eight different characters in the play Nagataki Sake, directed by Robert Downey, Sr.

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