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" I want to make movies and pieces of television and pieces of art that crack everyone's assumptions. "
Keegan-Michael Key
Art
Assumptions
Television
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" To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote white. So if you're mixed, you embrace the mainstream culture more than the African-American culture. "
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" With a lot of my comedic heroes, I'm trying to make sure that, wherever they might have gotten off-track a bit, I've learned that lesson. "
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" My parents were not big sports fans, but my mother loved Barry Sanders, but she wasn't a huge fan. Now she likes Calvin Johnson. He's such an amazing athlete and such a wonderful, humble guy. "
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" At times, I can be vocal about what I think people want to hear as opposed to being vocal about what I really feel. "
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" I would play just about any role, male or female, in the Anton Chekov play 'The Cherry Orchard,' which I love. "
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" I'm a great consumer of kung-fu movies - mid-'70s to late-'80s. "
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" I would love to play a fun character. Like, I would love to be in 'A Long Day's Journey Into Night.' I love that play. I'd play Edmond or Jamie. I don't care which. "
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" I'm trying every day, when I meet a new human being, to not have the first thought that comes into my mind be, 'Are they going to like me?' I'm allowed to say, 'I like this, and I don't like that.' "
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" There's something very simple and contemplative about 'John Wick' - what is interesting is that it looks like it was based on an Akira Kurosawa movie. "
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" I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person. "
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" I would like to invest more of my brain space in understanding the history of my city, because whenever I learn about the history of Detroit, it's always so fascinating, from a little kind of beaver-trading post to the place where automobiles were manufactured. "
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