- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doing Quotes
On action, effort and the discipline of doing the work.
These lines describe doing in its many forms: the overlap between film and television production, the uncertainty built into research, and committing to work you believe in even without much recognition. For more, see our Action quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I never thought of doing anything else.
- Gang Violence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in the newspapers since I was about 15 - not for rapping, but for real substantive stuff I was doing in the community, organizing around gang violence in the schools. So I had already made my grandma proud before I was on TV. I've always been who I am.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
What can often happen when doing accents is that you go too far to one extreme, so it becomes a caricature. It’s important to bring an accent back to a natural organic place so you’re still speaking like you would speak, just the sound is different. But your rhythms are not.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I accomplish one thing and I'm satisfied, I try something else. I may be 50 and doing something totally outside of music and acting. Maybe I'll become a kindergarten teacher.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every other day I read a book. It takes me two days to finish a book. I like reading because if I'm not doing anything, then I read. If my mom tells me to go take out the trash, I'll go take out the trash, and come back and start reading again.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20-30 days to shoot.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's not easy to sustain a long career, and sometimes I don't even think about how long I've been doing it.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not very relaxed; I always need to be doing something.
- England
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- Nov 07, 2020