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" A lot of people now don't know I've been on Broadway. "
Wesley Snipes
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" No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy? You have to be disciplined. "
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" If a woman decides she likes me, it would behoove her to take into consideration that my art has had a strong influence on the type of person I am. "
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" I had faith in the concept and the theory that all Americans are endowed with the right to a fair trial and I would be fairly judged and fairly tried. "
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" I love being a dad, it keeps me fit and inspired and children are so funny. They always supply you with acting material! "
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" I've been trying to keep the private life private. Not being savvy or trained on how to do good interviews like a politician, I thought it was wiser to follow my mother's advice: If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all. "
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" I've come to the conclusion that beautiful women in the West aren't comfortable finding strength in their femininity. They want to do masculine-oriented things to establish their femininity. It's a contradiction. "
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" Internationally, I have as large of a fan base - if not larger - than I have domestically. "
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" I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching. "
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" I like science fiction and physics, things like that. Planets being sucked into black holes, and the various vortexes that create possibility, and what happens on the other side of the black hole. To me it's the microcosmic study of the macrocosmic universe in man, and that's why I'm attracted to it. "
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" I had acne late, in college. My skin used to be really flawless. Went to college, became a vegetarian, ate a lot of cheese - big mistake. Here I am trying to be healthy and I'm eating grilled cheese sandwiches and french fries every day, having mad eruptions all over my face. "
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