- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not an artist or a collector. I'm a skateboard kid with no one to tell me if I'm not doing things the right way.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a very close friend of Dash Snow's, so whenever I get a chance to revisit his work, that's always amazing for me.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an internal protectiveness where it's like, if it comes to just me, as frightened as I am of losing someone I love or things going sour or simply being alone, there is a dark place in my brain where I'm like, It could happen and I'm okay, I'm prepared.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting the role in '300' saved me. I'd been out of work for 11 months after 'The Brothers Grimm.' Once the film came out and didn't do so well, the director Terry Gilliam blamed me for absolutely everything. It was pretty appalling, and I had started to wonder if I'd ever get another job again when I was asked to audition for '300.'
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
That scene in 'The Purge' where my kids, Mary's kids, are in danger was really crazy for me, because I suddenly... I have my methods as an actor, so I went to the place of 'If somebody came near my children, with bad intent?'
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time.
- Exerted
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- Nov 07, 2020
Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm proud to carry that torch and be like, 'I'm gay! I'm black! Hang your dreams on me. Hang your hopes on me. I'll carry them to the best of my ability.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People always go, 'Damn, how you got all this happening at once?' I tell them it's the Chicago in me.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020