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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! "
Wesley Snipes
You
Children
Funny
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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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" My mother was pretty much on my case all the time. "
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" I've been a law-abiding citizen ever since I grew up in the Bronx, New York. "
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" I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty. "
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" 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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" 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 have a whole other side that has yet to be seen on screen. "
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" I've reduced a lot of the stress in my life. I've gotten rid of a lot of things. The light was turned on and a lot of the cockroaches started spinning. I swept them out the door. And sometimes you just have to throw things out because they carry a certain energy. "
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" A lot of the cats I grew up with in the South Bronx found themselves in sticky situations. "
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" So don't send me up the river yet. "
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" 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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" Certain roles are more challenging than others, but I haven't come across one yet that I can't tackle. "
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" 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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" 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'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better. "
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" I didn't defraud the government by taking money that was not mine. "
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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 come out of repertory theatre so I've been working under pressure my whole career. "
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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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" We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers. "
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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'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 always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply. "
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" I grew up in the Bronx. The Bronx teaches you to survive. It's like, 'Bring it on!' "
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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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" I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester. "
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" I like to read about different religions - Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. "
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" I think I have kind of a natural magnetism. "
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