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- Fields
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm also a blues musician, and all blues artists can trace their pain to the slavery fields of the Mississippi Delta.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
October's a busy month for me. I usually find myself working but I also try to do one or two conventions in that period. Then whatever city I'm in, they want to drag me to their local horror theme park.
- Nov 07, 2020
Thank God for voiceover work.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not like I wakeup everyday and say, 'You know what, I need to do a horror film.' Statistically it's only like forty percent of my output but it's a great ride and the fan base is really dedicated and that's always cool. When you're lucky enough to be in a good one it's fantastic.
- Circumstances
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up a single kid and so my whole childhood was spent in my backyard dealing with imaginary circumstances and role playing and stuff.
- Editing
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- Nov 07, 2020
With film sometimes you're thrown in there and you literally hit the ground running, taking your best shot and just leave it up to the editing.
- Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm ready to go up to the Danny Glover level.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I do something, particularly if it's a cameo, I make sure that I have a backstory written out so that I can talk to the director intelligent and try to communicate a three-dimensional character.
- Mine
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- Nov 07, 2020
Duane Jones is a personal hero of mine.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think you have a responsibility as an artist to continually reach a hand out and try and inspire people.
- Favorite
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've played four roles on 'Star Trek.' My favorite episode was 'The Visitor' on 'Deep Space Nine.'
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a ‘Trekkie' growing up.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Worth' was a script that was sent to me, and I felt it was something different and important to do.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I can make it work out, and schedule permitting, I like to help young filmmakers.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my first professional paycheck. I couldn't keep it as a memento because I needed the money, but I have kept some of the residuals that I get. I got one the other day that was for two cents. I might put that in a frame.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as 'Final Destination' and its creator, Jeffrey Reddick, are concerned, whenever Jeffrey calls, because of our friendship, I have to listen.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big fan of advertising during sports events.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
The black community has always been a fan of horror films, but in terms of the participants, they've been few and far between.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody loves a horror story because it's a roller coaster ride -you wait for the slow ride to the top then speed down with all the bumps, twists and turns.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up a poor kid to a single mom, so as an African-American actor I have a responsibility to hold the mirror up and reflect our stories. I'm living the dream and also escaped the inevitable.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
True story - When 'Candyman' first came out, my daughter and I were Christmas shopping, and people were harassing us. Finally my daughter puts down her shopping bag and said 'That's not Candyman! That's my dad!' I will never forget that, because that's when we really bonded.
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid I really loved Humphrey Bogart. But when I was in theater school, Robert DeNiro was my go-to guy.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I would like to be involved in something that would hopefully be a blockbuster, but I'm interested in seeing new filmmakers telling new stories and to able to help them do that.
- Drugstore
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up on video games. When I was in college, even during snowstorms, I would go the half-mile to the drugstore to play 'Millipede.'
- Dude
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dude, I've been a gamer ever since Intellivision.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember watching 'Abbott and Costello vs Frankenstein' continuously as a kid and being amazed that my horror legends were making a comedy.
- Collect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I collect Gottlieb games, and I play classic pinball.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hustled my way through college playing pinball.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dude, I've played almost every position except for President. When I did 'The Event,' I was head of the CIA. When I did 'Chuck,' I was head of the NSA. For a guy that's a hippie at heart, I don't know where they think of this.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that motion capture and/or voice acting does is allow you to continue your career, change it, or bring a new aspect to it.
- Elephant
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a film in Nairobi, Kenya called 'The Last Elephant,' with John Lithgow, Isabella Rosallini, and James Earl Jones. So I was in seventh heaven, alright? About a year later I get a call from my agent and he says they want to see you for this project called Candyman. I thought he was joking so I hung up.
- Love Is
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- Nov 07, 2020
My love is the theater.
- Bonded
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised by my aunt and we bonded over the eight-o-clock movie on TV. We'd watch everything from James Cagney in 'White Heat' to Lon Chaney in 'The Wolf Man' and every Bogart movie.
- Performance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if you do a great performance, if you have a weak link in the film, that's all anyone remembers.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I could do a black and white film.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
So I grew up watching film noir, you know the classic stuff. William Holden, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, all those.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just happy that as an African-American man, that 'Candyman' has once again been given the nod to enter people's consciousness.
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of my contemporaries in L.A. are all graduates of either Yale, Julliard, Trinity. The best of the bunch come from that.
- Three
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- Nov 07, 2020
Voiceover is probably the toughest of all the markets to get into. Everybody wants to do it because it's again three to five hours work. You can roll in there with your bedroom slippers and robe on if you wanted to. And it's fun.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actors are a funny lot. Sometimes they're not satisfied with where they are. I include myself.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was going to Hartford High School and when the theater bug hit, it hit hard and it saved my life. It gave me focus, direction and purpose.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Michael Bay called me, I'd worked with him before on 'The Rock,' and he called me and said, 'Tony, I might have something for you.' I said, 'Okay, you haven't called me in ten years!' He said, 'I've been busy!' I said, 'I've been busy too Michael, glad we could make our schedules match!'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020