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"I had to study acting to basically educate myself."
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"In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private."

"I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary."

"Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic."

"There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment."

"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything."

"I was looking to show people I could act. I was looking for something that would take me away from the whole hunk riding off into the sunset thing that people wanted me to play after Brown Sugar."

"The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists."

"We have relationships and know the exact outcome with that person because we don't deal with ourselves and don't deal with our issues and end up being attracted to the same person or the person is attracted to our energy."

"Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational."

"You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that."

"Some of the best actors in the world are very exterior actors, Anthony Hopkins being one of them. He knows exactly how to turn his face to get a certain expression. He knows exactly what to do with eyes, and with his voice. It's very exterior."

"I'm in the booth and first of all, I'm from Germany and I had never heard a gospel in my life."
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