"What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'"
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"Most actors are socialists, aren't they?"
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"Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor."
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"That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves."
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"Actor is just a strange profession, it really is, that you could be in front of the same people for years, and all of a sudden one thing happens, and it finally clicks."
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"[Denzel Washington] was rustling with something and when he came back it was with a word about loving myself and the body that I'm in because I was still going on and on about the weight thing. I just liked that, because what people don't understand is that so much of what blocks us as actors is so personal."
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"It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when you finish the project, since you always feel like you've learned something."
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"I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things. So, I guess that when I walk into a room, I bring all those things to a role, and I've always just simply seen myself as an actor."
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"I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color."
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"Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that."
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"My favorite newer movie is "Training Day." Denzel Washington is, to me, one of the greatest actors ever. The way he gets into those roles is ridiculous."
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"Actors, said Granny, witheringly. As if the world weren't full of enough history without inventing more."
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"Kurt [Sutter] is one of the few showrunners that actually sits down and talks to the actor alone, and then with all of the other writers, and basically tells you what he has in mind and what's going to go down."
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"Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts."
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"As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors."
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"You work with each individual actor as you perceive their needs to be. It's something that you've figured out in the weeks of pre-production."
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"It is really hard when the actor you pictured can't do the film."
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"I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor."
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"As an actor, anything that you have to help get you into character is helpful."
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"I'm good with dialect. Some actors do it immediately; other actors never quite get it. It's something I've always really enjoyed and something I've always been pretty fast with."
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