Hot line: Chris Rock on directing movies

December 13, 2014 at 8:00PM
Rosario Dawson and Chris Rock in "Top Five," from Paramount Pictures and IAC Films. (Ali Paige Goldestein/Paramount Pictures/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1161199
Rosario Dawson and Chris Rock in “Top Five.” (Ali Paige Goldestein/Paramount Pictures) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

« I can create my own friends. I can create a girlfriend. I can make a girl and she's going to look like this and she's going to dress like this. It's why guys are always falling in love with their co-stars, because you make them. »

Chris Rock, to NPR, on what he likes about directing movies

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