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Chris Tucker appreciates being celebrated for his work.

In an interview with PEOPLE, the Rush Hour actor and comedian, 52, opened about his decades-long career, his brief hiatus from Hollywood and his feelings over being called "a legend." (He's currently touring his stand-up comedy show The Legend Tour across America.)

“It feels good,” he says of the moniker.

“It's something that is bestowed on you.

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Usually it's the younger generation that says those things. A lot of younger people come up to me, 'Man, you're a legend,' or people my age say, 'Man, you're legendary.' It goes in one ear and out the other, but you accept it and you appreciate it because people appreciate it, what you've done and what you're going through.

It's great.”

Tucker is best known for his role as Detective James Carter in the blockbuster action-comedy series Rush Hour — the first of which came out in 1998. Rush Hour 2