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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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"I have twin boys, 12, and a daughter, 17."

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"Well, I didn't really admit that I anywhere until my daughter started school and I knew I couldn't pull up and leave when I felt like it."

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"For Ryan's Daughter I used a total of eight harps, something that was, at least, weird."

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"Right now, my daughter's just rolling her eyes at everything I do; I'm just an embarrassment."

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"Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter."

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"Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence."

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"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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"All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters."

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Amber Hurdle

"Ali's daughter is fighting and Joe Frazier's daughter is fighting as well."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's obvious that they're going to want Ali's daughter and Frazier's daughter to fight it out."

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"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."
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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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"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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"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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