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You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my first agent telling me - because they found me as an actor, but I was probably more interested in writing and maybe directing - they were like, 'Well, you can't do both things.' And I was like, 'I'm gonna show you.'
- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
- Myself
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I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.
- Failure
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Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
- People
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I would love to have an ocean of love right now. That said, the number-one rule of acting is, 'Do not seek approval from the audience.' People don't realize that. You can't do stuff to get applause. You have to live in the truth.
- Think
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Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
- Down
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You have to handle the challenges and emerge stronger from them, rather than allow them to bog you down.
- Hate
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Actors can have a fair amount of hate for each other, so when another actor says, 'You did your thing,' or 'That was inspiring,' you can't really ask for more than that.
- Hero
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I like ambiguity because you may be the villain in someone else's story and the hero in your own, and I think very often, African-American characters are either one thing or the other. You shouldn't have to be perfectly good or perfectly bad. You don't even have to be magical.
- Play
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When you play characters, you shouldn't just be putting on their characteristics - you should be finding it inside yourself.
- Happiness
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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
- People
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We live in a world where people can ridicule you at the push of the button. They can question you at the push of a button.
- Path
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Make sure you have that conviction to do what you know is right, and once you have it, don't let skeptics distract you from your path.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
They should probably have a James Brown aerobic tape. You would lose a lot of weight.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you make movies, it's such an important period of time, when you look back at each one of them. You want to be able to say that you did something that was a challenge and that changed you.
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