'Nobody's here to stay'

Chris Rock says he's worried about becoming washed up.

"Nobody's here to stay," he said. "What's the last hit Michael Jackson had?"

Stand-up Rock, a former regular on America's Saturday Night Live, has become hot property in Hollywood since stealing the show in Lethal Weapon 4

But he's aware his fame might outlive his popularity.

"Because of my body of work I guess I'll probably be famous on some level for the rest of the life," he worries. "But will I always be able to get a movie green lit? Will I always sell out concerts? I don't know."

His comments came in an interview with America's AP Radio to promote a new film, Pootie Tang, about a singing superhero, played by Lance Crouther.

"It's not a huge movie. It's a little movie," he said.

Published: 4 Jul 2001