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" I grew up in the Bronx. The Bronx teaches you to survive. It's like, 'Bring it on!' "
Wesley Snipes
You
Up
Survive
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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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" Well, I'm an artist to the core. And my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate humanity through my art. "
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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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" Certain roles are more challenging than others, but I haven't come across one yet that I can't tackle. "
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" Nobody wants to get locked up, although 'locked up' is a matter of perspective. There can be people who are out who are in prison mentally and emotionally and worse off than those who are behind bars. "
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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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Late
" We're conditioned in this country to believe that if there's a problem, the black man is usually the culprit. "
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" I didn't defraud the government by taking money that was not mine. "
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" Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers. "
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Find
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More
" Internationally, I have as large of a fan base - if not larger - than I have domestically. "
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Than
Larger
" I have a whole other side that has yet to be seen on screen. "
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Whole
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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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Famous
Train
" I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened. "
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Kind
Just
" I'm proud to be an American. I'm proud to be an African American in America. I've had some interesting experiences: some great, some not so great, but I love it here. "
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Proud
Love
America
" I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply. "
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Been
Trying
Taxes
" I'm a good mimic. "
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Good
" I have some cops in my family. I understand the predicament that they're in. Sometimes they go into it just to pay the bills or because they don't have other choices, or sometimes they just want to get the gun. "
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Sometimes
Gun
Family
" There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a cat like me coming in, I'm bringing all of that to an action movie. "
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Me
Well
Cat
" I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester. "
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Tax
Charged
Never
" I don't see myself as extremely handsome. I just figure I can charm you into liking me. "
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You
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Myself
" I think any man would be nervous if his liberty is at stake. "
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I Think
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" I think I have kind of a natural magnetism. "
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Magnetism
Natural
" I was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form. "
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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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" The first time I jumped from a plane, I screamed like a woman. I was two miles up and you could hear me clear as day. Now I love it. "
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" I was very short when I was little, so I probably had - and there may be a residue of it now - that Napoleon complex. Wanting to be as big and as powerful as the big guys. "
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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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Children
Funny
" I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty. "
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