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" I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors. "

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" I think there's something about evil that is thoughtless and relentless and incredibly frightening because it can't be reckoned with, reasoned with or stopped. "

Wentworth Miller

Evil

About

Think

" I'm very pleased with being a part of the Bean Pole family. It's a relationship that makes sense to me. I'm very pleased to have my name associated with Bean Pole Jeans. "

Wentworth Miller

Family

Jeans

" I feel extremely lucky, extremely grateful, and a little bittersweet, too. "

" You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing else that would give me the same degree of satisfaction as acting, which is why I can't walk away from it. "

" There has to be a measure of faith. That's what this business is all about: trusting in something that may never show up, that you have no concrete proof of. "

" Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair. "

" I've been spoiled by this project. I was given the script and went in to read, realizing that this was a powerful story and one that wasn't told very often. "

" I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it. "

" I know what it takes to go from the point where someone's looking at a newspaper article, and thinking, 'Oh, this would make a great TV series,' to the point where you're actually on a set and there's a camera aimed at someone. "

" There's so much we can't express in our day-to-day interaction with people because it's considered inappropriate. And acting is all about being inappropriate. "

" My definition of cool is finding your own definition of cool and not necessarily taking your lead from what other people tell you or from what you might read from magazines or see on TV. "

" Prison Break is so far-fetched, I had to make viewers believe that Michael is capable of making the impossible possible. "

" I surrender the idea of having some kind of control over the arc of my career a lot of the time because you never know what tomorrow's going to bring. "

" Unfortunately, I'm allergic to all animals and even some people. "

" Everyone has their challenges. "

Wentworth Miller

Challenges

Everyone

" Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself. "

" Acting was something I needed like air. It wasn't something I could walk away from. "

" If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time. "

" You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people. "

" I wanted to be involved in TV and film in some capacity, so a compromise, because acting seemed unrealistic, and so risky, was to get into the production side. And it was a really fortunate, smart move looking back on it, because it gave me perspective on another side of the business. "

Wentworth Miller

Looking Back

Business

" I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit. I just don't have answers... so sometimes I make them up. "

" I certainly learned how to break down a text at Princeton, which helps me break down a script - or at least that's the line I feed my parents when they start wondering where all that good money went. "

" Michael Scofield is someone everyone can relate to, but nobody would want to be in his shoes. "

" I've never tried writing at a coffeehouse. I just know instinctively it's not for me. "

Wentworth Miller

Know

Just

" This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film. "

Wentworth Miller

Proud

Modeling

" To be honest, I find going out pretty scary and intimidating. Got all those people checking you out, with only one purpose: hooking up. I'm quite the dork, I'd rather sit home and play Scrabble. But that doesn't get you a girl, does it? "

" I've never read a book or attended a class on screenwriting. I'm not opposed to the idea, but I like what I've got going on naturally and want to protect that. The one question I will ask myself as I'm re-reading a script for the 60th time is, 'Am I entertained? Still?' If the answer is 'yes,' I'll assume other people will be, too. "

" I noticed that I got a better space in the line in Starbucks when I had my tattoo. People associate tattoos with a certain edge. Then I open my mouth, and something completely different comes out. "

" I broke my nose in gym when a ball hit me. I took a girl to her debutante ball the next week wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage. Not the romantic night she had in mind. "

" I hadn't worked for a year when I had my Prison Break audition and it was the easiest audition I've ever had. I got the script on Friday, went to the audition on Monday and got the part on Tuesday. I was shooting the pilot a week later. I didn't have time to be nervous - it happened so quickly. "