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"But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots."
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"Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air."

"I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to make good on my acting ability, which was the only attribute I could offer."

"The totality of a record is usually beyond ones ability to imagine when you start working on it, but the component parts are, usually, fairly clear one way or another."

"The most important issue for the killer is the ability to get a victim easily and successfully."

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"I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being."


"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."


"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."


"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one."


"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."


"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."
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