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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."

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"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."

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Donna Grant

"I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters."

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Donna Grant

"I'd had my daughter when I was a teenager - I took my daughter to college with me."

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Donna Grant

"The only truly anonymous donor is the guy who knocks up your daughter."

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Donna Grant

"I turned down a movie this summer because it was nine weeks in Vancouver and my oldest daughter is 14. I've got four more summers with her. I'm not giving away nine weeks of her summer to go do a silly movie."

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Donna Grant

"I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child."

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Donna Grant

"Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present."

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Donna Grant

"My daughters have grown up knowing all about my kidnapping and the case and what happened."

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Donna Grant

"You know, my daughters have been through their entire lives and knowing about my case."

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Donna Grant

"It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I started writing the book when my daughter was 5. It took me almost four years."

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Donna Grant

"My daughter is in the lawsuit because you need that for standing."

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Derek Luke
"Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance."

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

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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."

Dream

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

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Derek Luke
"I had a lot of fun with Val Kilmer. He's like a big kid."

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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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