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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. "

Wesley Snipes

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Mistake

Late

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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. "

" I think that all of us, as Americans, are due due process and have a right to a fair trial, and have a right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. I think that is the American way and it's the foundation upon which this country was built. "

" 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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" I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply. "

" 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. "

" I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty. "

" 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. "

" I think I have kind of a natural magnetism. "

" I come out of repertory theatre so I've been working under pressure my whole career. "

" We're conditioned in this country to believe that if there's a problem, the black man is usually the culprit. "

" My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything. "

" Lot of the scripts I've been in with other non-white actors haven't been great. Lot of non-white actors ain't all that great. "

" I didn't defraud the government by taking money that was not mine. "

" I've been a law-abiding citizen ever since I grew up in the Bronx, New York. "

" Internationally, I have as large of a fan base - if not larger - than I have domestically. "

" I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened. "

" I have a whole other side that has yet to be seen on screen. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers. "

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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. "

" I'm a good mimic. "

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Good

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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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Others

" So don't send me up the river yet. "

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