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"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."
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"I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father."
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"I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me."
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"Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing."
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"My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918."
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"I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude."
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"What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason."
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"The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it."
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"I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes."
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"My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager."
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"Every man dies. Not every man lives."
Man
"It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia."
Father
"There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things."
Acting
"I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing."
Experience
"When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous."
Power
"I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything."
Blood
"I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships."
Life
"I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff."
Care
"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."
Acting
"You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing."
Money
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