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All Quotes by author - Lamman Rucker

" A part of growing up in this international world is understanding and being prepared and having tools to adapt outside of the small environment that you may have come from. That's what education is all about. "

" As an actor, you're not a person; you're a product, a commodity. It's about money. Your job is about making money for other people. At some point, you learn how to be on the other side of that table. You write, direct, produce, and create opportunity for yourself. Then you start to make money for yourself. "

" Black people are not often considered mainstream. "

" Everybody is important. Everybody has something to give. "

" Everything is a negotiation. Everything is a little bit of give and take. "

" High blood pressure is a major health crisis in the black community. "

" I don't have a problem showing vulnerability. "

" I don't like a whole lot of flash and superficial stuff; I want a woman that's all-natural, in her purest form. "

" I have a Masters and a technology degree already. When I'm not in film or television, my wheels are spinning full time. "

" I learned at a very young age how to be simplistic and sincere. "

" I'm all about black folks working together and progressing together. "

Working Together

" I'm a proud Ellington alum. It has everything to do with who I am. "

" I'm especially honored that The Black Gents will debut Off-Broadway and pay tribute to The Tuskegee Airmen and other ancestors of that time who have embodied excellence, self-determination, and self-discipline. "

Self-Discipline

" I need a woman who is secure and loves herself first. Then she can share that love and light with me. "

" I played ball in college and semi-professional, and aside from the game and all that, the most valuable thing is the relationships. Who can care how many rings you have or how many championships you've won or how many records you broke. The most valuable stuff is the intangible stuff. "

" I play real men that I can identify with. I have a lot of guys tell me that they relate to me because I represent the real, everyday dudes. "

" I still get lots of folks who remember my days on ATWT and AMC. As a matter of fact, they're the proudest fans of all because they feel like, 'We were here first,' before I had other fans from all my other shows and movies. They feel a deeper sense of pride and connection to me and have followed my career ever since 2002. "

" I still play ball competitively because it helps keep me stay in shape. "

" It's always a wonderful experience to keep working. "

" It's great to go to work and your boss is a black man, one of your peers, you know? "

" It's not attractive to be talking down about yourself all the time. All you continue to do to yourself is pull yourself further down into a deeper place of depression and sadness and insecurity and fear and hopelessness, so it's like, having God in your life is important, accepting who you are is important, regardless of what you look like. "

" I've always been attracted to more than just the way a woman looks and the way she's shaped. "

" I wanted to create a line for women and men alike that would encourage them to embrace the harmony and divine balance of sensuality and spirituality within all of us. Forplai is an opportunity to not only smell good and feel good, but to also take time to connect with the heavens above and the god in you. "

" Just take one small victory at a time. "

" Man, my days in Oakdale were a whirlwind. "

" Many women are so wounded that they can't love another person. "

" Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people - the extended family - the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes. "

" My ability to bring different characters to life is what has helped me advance in my career, and I would say as far as looks are concerned, well, I suppose that would be the icing on the cake, but acting comes first and foremost. "

" My mother and father were visionaries in Pittsburgh, part of that collective of people who were creative and active together, and I am a product of that community and those relationships. "

" No one likes to be typecast, but I would like to believe that the attention I get is for my acting, but at the same time, darn it, if I get to keep playing the handsome, smart guy, then that's also a blessing, and it's the last thing I would complain about. "

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