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Derek Luke

"Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it."

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"Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it."

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Akshay Vasu

"Time is always standing still, we are only changing."

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Akshay Vasu

"But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing."

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Akshay Vasu

"The time is always right, just act."

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Akshay Vasu

"We recorded that trio and it's out on the Knitting Factory label. I've got another record in the can with that group and Marc, which I'll hopefully finish some time before next summer."

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Akshay Vasu

"I call it like the domino theory of reality. If you can go one step at a time and it seems to make sense, you can then take your audience into an area that is relatively outlandish."

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Akshay Vasu

"All times are treasureable; the times of prosperity, and times of adversity."

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Akshay Vasu

"Time is the most valuable currency so spend it wisely"

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Akshay Vasu

"In the beauty of the mornings we forget about the night; in the beauty of the night we forget about the mornings! When you meet the beauty, you drop anchor in the present time and all other times disappear from your mind!"

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Akshay Vasu

"I think in this movie, every time I see his work, I'm blown away by it because he, to me, he really embodied the character so powerfully and so real, so truthfully to me."

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Akshay Vasu

"Because these show are live, script pages are being switched during the program and new commercial teases might be yelled in your ear with just enough time to scribble them on scrap paper before reading them."

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Derek Luke
"He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action."

Daughter

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Derek Luke
"It's a story about victory that will touch the lives of everyone who watches it. It's powerful."

Victory

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Derek Luke
"Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!"

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Derek Luke
"I think it's time to do clean-up for a generation. I believe this is one of the movies that hits home for all colors and all races. Everybody I talk to, black or white, suburban, rich or poor, can relate to rejection, can relate to not having a father or a mother."

Home

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Derek Luke
"Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it."

Time

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Derek Luke
"Denzel's quality, I think, is his faith. You have all the action in your head and you have to believe in it and just do it. That's what he does and that's what he taught me to do."

Faith

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Derek Luke
"Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality."

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Derek Luke
"I was working at the store on the Sony studios in Culver City. And I was literally holding a shirt when they came in and told me I'd got the part! It just shows dreams do come true."

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Derek Luke
"I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought to myself, Ever since I was a kid, I've loved expression - and that's when I started thinking about acting."

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Derek Luke
"I tried to copy some of his mannerisms at first but it didn't work. And then I just let the spirit of the character grow in me and it just took its rightful place. I started to speak the lines and it felt right."

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