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" I'm inspired to work with good actors, period. I want to work with the best anytime because I think they'll make me better. "
Forest Whitaker
Best
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Better
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" It's a contract of connection to be in the same space and watch and listen to stories and be caught in them. When you're in a theater, your brain expands because somebody in the theater may do something or respond to something that you wouldn't have. "
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" I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do. "
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" I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me. "
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" I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core. "
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You
" May we remain connected in love. We are one. "
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" In life, there's a ladder sometimes, and maybe at the top, there's a mirror. You take a step up, then maybe three steps down... just because you don't want to face the decloaking in the mirror. "
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" We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement? "
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" I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal. "
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" I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time. "
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" I submerged myself in all the information that I could find about Idi Amin. I mean, before I left Los Angeles, I was studying Kiswahili. I was working on the dialect. I was studying every documentary and tape of him that I could find - not just visual, but also audiocassettes, even in other languages when he was speaking in other dialects. "
Forest Whitaker
Studying
Myself
Information
" I've been fortunate, I guess: I've gotten to play a lot of very diverse roles for quite a long time. But in the beginning, I was thinking, 'I'm not gonna do certain characters. I will be willing to say no and live on a couch.' And I was really happy. "
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Live
Happy
Time
" I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered. "
Forest Whitaker
Me
Character
Truth
" Ultimately, all human beings fulfill their patterns. We're set in a certain archetype, and we fulfill that destiny. "
Forest Whitaker
Destiny
Patterns
Human
" On the whole, I now see my work as being an expression of my spiritual life and, because I look at it that way, I have a different centre. I go through the stress and pressure, but I think I'm lucky because I come from a different source point. "
Forest Whitaker
Spiritual
Work
Think
" Poitier opened the doors to so many artists, not just black artists. There is a line that goes from black to Latin to Asian with regards to roles. "
Forest Whitaker
Doors
Line
Artists
" The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked. "
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Quite
May
Characters
" I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to. "
Forest Whitaker
Stand
Stand Up
I Believe
" I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant. "
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" To try and act like we haven't had great progress is not true. Obama didn't fail - he changed the psyche of the nation and, in some ways, the world. "
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True
" I'd been reading Eastern philosophy since I was a kid. And I meditated. I did it on a daily basis. It's the one thing I do with any consistency. Meditation gives you a different kind of mindset. It's very powerful. "
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Daily
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" It rests in the hands of the common person as well as those with the power to shape humanity's course toward a world where every child, woman and man's most basic needs are met. "
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Hands
Child
Man
" Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths. "
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Science Fiction
Always
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" I think the only consistent thing is that I like projects that explore different social themes. 'Our Family Wedding' is a comedy, but it deals with two different cultures coming together. It's also about people letting go. "
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Together
Family
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" I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other. "
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" I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it. "
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Watched
Couple
Follow
" I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying. "
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Care
Think
People
" It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it. "
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" I want to get better as an actor, to keep trying to work harder, trying to discover something different. In some ways, it's a pretty frightening experience. But normally, I do tend to walk against fear and hope that I'll be able to survive. "
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Want
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" I was asked if I would play President Obama in 'My Name is Khan.' I didn't feel comfortable with doing it. Partly because he was still in office, but mainly because I felt that there were other people who were better suited to doing the role. "
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" Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms. "
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