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Forest Whitaker

"When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in."

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"When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in."

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"When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!"

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"I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving."

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"I want to be remembered for the work that I've done, rather than the car accidents that I've gotten into, the men that I've not dated - or the man that I have."

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"Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing."

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"When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in."
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