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"Our behavior to ordinary people depicts our actual nature."
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"The beauty of the soul is wrapped in modest fashion."
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"I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it."
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"It is better to be gentle than rude."
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"Developing a true and solid character and finding unique traits that belong to only you is a foundational thing."
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"The kindest mind is the most beautiful mind!"
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"Character that is fruit-producing can be summed up in the mastery of these 5 qualities: morals, but a sense of humor; love, but respect for criticism; intelligence without pretense; humility without self-loathing; and a mind open, but with solid convictions."
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"Be the type of man a wife would cherish and a child would admire."
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"Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody.Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all."
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"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."
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"There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 percent perfect, or you're labeled anti-Semitic."
Character
"Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it."
History
"I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley."
Beginning
"I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect."
People
"I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of criticisms are coming from because black people have been so dogged out in the media, they're just extra sensitive."
Love
"I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully."
Wonder
"I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets."
Music
"I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful."
Mistake
"I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too."
Money
"A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there."
Movies
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