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"The criteria, for me, is movie star. It's Hollywood. Not Somalia."
"Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood."
"The world changed. Hollywood changed. I think we've lost something, and we don't know how to get it back."
"If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?"
"All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely."
"I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening."
"I came to Hollywood and nobody knew me. I was on a coupla TV shows."
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"Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me."
"I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished."
"I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were."
"Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death."
"After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time."
"Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other."
"I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald."
"I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody."
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