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"My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities."
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"People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you."
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"My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist."
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"I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world."
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"And getting older, what's happening is, I play only mothers."
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"The doctor's name was Sylvia. I told her she'd have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother's name."
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"A mother is the most important blessing of your life."
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"There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do."
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"I loved my mother, she's a good girl."
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"Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children."
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"I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me."
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"I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit. I just don't have answers... so sometimes I make them up."
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"My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities."
Mother
"My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion."
Family
"I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick."
Business
"If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time."
Time
"You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing else that would give me the same degree of satisfaction as acting, which is why I can't walk away from it."
Love
"I made a decision not to work out because I'm lazy and also, the character is not a superhero. I didn't want him to be a buff guy with Jackie Chan moves because the point is he's smarter than your average Joe."
Work
"Nobody's ever asked me to pay for a meal before I've eaten it, I've never been pulled over just because I was driving the wrong kind of car in the wrong kind of area at the wrong time of night."
Car
"When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street."
Acting
"I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks."
Money
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