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Jeffrey Wright

"For lack of any clearer idea, I just started acting one day. It had been in the back of my head for a while, but I think in some ways I was afraid to do it, and finally I just stepped up."

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"My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with."

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"I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything."

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"I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself."

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"Something new has taken place in the past five to eight years. Technologists are providing almost religious visions, and their ideas are resonating in some ways with the same idea of the Rapture."

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Akiroq Brost

"New York has got this sort of wonderful romantic idea of the South."

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"A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea."

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Akiroq Brost

"I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea."

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Akiroq Brost

"Somehow he became certain the he himself possessed the skills of a hypnotist. How he reached this judgement, I have no idea, but never convinced the rest of us."

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"So when we finally settled down outside of Seattle I felt totally uncomfortable with that idea."

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Akiroq Brost

"I was a very early believer in the idea of convergence."

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Jeffrey Wright
"I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the world around you."

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Jeffrey Wright
"The great thing about movies is that they're collaborative. And the worst thing is that they're collaborative."

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Jeffrey Wright
"I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops."

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Jeffrey Wright
"For lack of any clearer idea, I just started acting one day. It had been in the back of my head for a while, but I think in some ways I was afraid to do it, and finally I just stepped up."

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Jeffrey Wright
"And it's one reason why I don't go to a lot of movies - they're more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns as opposed to cinematic concerns."

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Jeffrey Wright
"Too often a story is examined through biased eyes, without a sensitivity for everyone who forged it. It's seen from the point of view of the great white savior, and rarely is the perspective of the slave a part."

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Jeffrey Wright
"Well, I look at it like this: When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal. If the soup tastes good, everything's cool, and you don't necessarily want to know what's in it. The same thing holds true with movies."

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Jeffrey Wright
"Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan."

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Jeffrey Wright
"I'm not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean or on oblivion. I always feel that I'm two steps away from the other side when I'm out there. It's more like a vacation place or a place to visit than a place to hunker down."

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