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" I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles. "
Michael Clarke Duncan
Love
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" My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time. "
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" When I was coming up, I kept a ton of comic books, almost 300 comic books. Back in the day, they didn't used to cost that much, so I used to keep 'em, collect 'em, trade 'em. "
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" Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people. "
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" Once an actor told me he went to the Shakespeare School of Acting, and I said, 'I went to the Shakespeare of Acting, too' and he said, 'Oh really?' And I said, 'I went to Shakespeare Elementary School in Chicago.' He didn't take the joke well, he didn't laugh and didn't think it was funny - I thought it was funny. It's all the same to me. "
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" I'm an emotional person, a very emotional person. "
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" So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life. "
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" I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music. "
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" I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type. "
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" I think I'd do pretty good on 'Glee' singing. "
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" Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.' "
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" Whenever I'm having a bad day and have an attitude, I stay home. I keep it at home. "
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" People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion. "
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