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"I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."
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"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."
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"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."
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"I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself."
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"It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting."
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"I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York."
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"With Sean Penn, he wants to be surprised. He doesn't necessarily want what he's written, although we'll do what he's written. He likes the danger of acting."
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"I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive."
Acting
"It's important to move the theatre into the 21st Century."
Theatre
"To deal with the stark reality of having hit or hurt a woman or child, to deal with the initial responsibility you have not to do that and the knowledge you did do it, can be incredibly hard."
Knowledge
"Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards."
Work
"One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre."
Heart
"Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others."
Home
"I was an accidental actor. I was never formally trained."
Actor
"My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher."
History
"I like to eat and I love the diversity of foods."
Love
"I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children."
Opportunity
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