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" Acting is therapeutic. "
Shemar Moore
Acting
Therapeutic
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" Hopefully when you see the movie, Maybe you don't have the Orlando in your life, but you know that guy. He goes to church. He's down the street. He's one of the boys at the schoolyard. They exist. "
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" I know that on my own sites, a picture of me with my mom or me with my dog does well, but when I put up a picture of myself shirtless, it does get a little crazy. "
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" We never get enough of falling in love and believing in love. "
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" But I got drafted out of high school, and my mother wasn't having it. She was like, you're not about to think that you can just play ball, because if you get hurt, you're going to be out of luck. "
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" Orlando's a part of me. The next guy's a part of me. And the next guy's a part of me. That's all I'm trying to do, is tell cool stories that people can relate to. "
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" Although I have a lot of close female friends in my life, my number one is still my mom. Without her, I wouldn't have the values that I have and see the world the way that I do today. She taught me how to appreciate and respect women. She taught me chivalry and how to love a woman and respect their feelings and emotions. "
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" Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak. "
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" Now that I've established myself in a drama, I'm plugging away, trying to get the attention of people who do the independent movies and the features. "
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" I still have shy qualities but nobody would believe that, just because we're in the forefront and I can talk a lot of mess and I can run my mouth. "
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" It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak. "
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" I don't see myself as a 'black actor,' I'm just Shemar Moore the actor. "
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" I wanna chase down Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Will Smith. I would love to start my film career. "
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Start
Washington
" I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence. "
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Loved
Everything
Fence
" I hosted Soul train but I listen to everything. "
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Listen
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" But there are still good shows like 24, Boomtown and the Wire, the Shield. "
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Wire
Shows
Still
" I do like working out. I feel my best when I work out, but you know, I'm human. I like to ride my bicycle and lift weights and hike. When I am diligently working out, ideally, I like to work out four days a week. If I can do that, I feel good about myself. "
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" Because I could throw so hard when I got to college, they made me a pitcher. If I had to it all over again, I would have stuck to playing in the outfield. I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence. "
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Me
People
I Can
" I could run, but I was throwing 93 mph coming out of high school. "
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High
Coming
" Well, you can't compete with a six foot five man in a wig. "
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Well
Man
" It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet. "
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" Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting. "
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" I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth. "
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" That's because I didn't have to work with Madea. I only had to work with Madea once, and that was at the barbecue and I didn't have to get close to her. "
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" Acting is therapeutic. I say I'm not shy, but... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged. "
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" I think because people are passing - people that we are aware of are passing at - I don't say a great pace, but it seems like people are dropping, and I think it's just making - there's a consciousness and there's sensitivity to it. "
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" No week is ever the same in my world! An average week in my life changes based on my shooting schedule, if I'm promoting a project, or anything else I have going on. "
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" Television is in a different time because of reality television, so it's not as exciting. "
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" I always speak so highly of my mom because she's my partner in crime, and none of this would be possible without her love and support. Always have to make time for Mom. "
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" You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy. "
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