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" It's important for someone like me - who's known Obama for 20 years - to speak the truth. I know him to be a Christian man. I know him to be one of the greatest patriots. "

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" There are so many actors that I meet that don't act enough. Definitely take class, definitely train - that's the most important thing you do. Build your craft. Become better. "

Hill Harper

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" I believe we all have the capacity to be masters of many things, and there's nothing that we can't do. You can be a great actor and also be a great writer. There's so many things that all of us have the capacity to do. But somehow, life tries to convince us that we'd be lucky to do even one thing well, and I disagree. "

" In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character. "

" Screening for colon cancer can stop cancer in its tracks. "

" I would suggest that folks who have a platform of so-called celebrity, to the extent that they don't use that platform, or if they just use it for their own self-aggrandizement, it is certainly fed in a way that it goes to waste. "

" Being a celebrity doesn't have an iota of value when you're looking death in the eye. "

" Part of getting other people to focus on the future rather than being myopically focused on the present is about living that way yourself and showing that you can make choices today that are about future outcomes and still be having a great time into the present and enjoying your life. "

" You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation. "

" People always want to think that because you're not from a certain circumstance, you can't relate. That's ridiculous. "

" Poverty existed before January 20, 2008, OK? Before President Obama took office. "

Hill Harper

President

January

" Fundamentally, we all want the same thing. We want to love. We want to be loved, and we want to matter. "

" I studied theater in college, and I absolutely knew that I loved acting, and I knew that I loved theater. "

" Credit card interest payments are the dumbest money of all. "

" Even when you're out with someone, you need to get out of your head. And you can try exercises by putting yourself in situations where you may not feel completely comfortable, like going to a gallery opening on your own. "

" We all have different timetables in reaching and realizing that being in healthy partnership is better than being on our own. "

" Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism. "

" Many of us are walking around living smaller lives than we're meant to live. Don't allow yourself to dream smaller than you were meant to dream. "

" I say 'date potential.' The reason why is no matter who you date, anyway, five years from now, you're going to be different, and he's going to be different. The key is to really find somebody that you can grow with that you can change with, evolve with and that you can be partners with. "

" I'm not excusing crime or those who bring poison into the community, but I do want brothers and sisters in prison to know someone cares. "

" So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love. "

" There's nothing wrong with wanting a partner and doing the things to have one. To protect ourselves, we have to say, 'I don't need one.' "

" The thing about our country, Americans, and New Yorkers in particular, we all want to help. There's real folks who want to help. The problem is, they don't know how. They don't know how to get involved. "

" What I've found in doing research is that men want a relationship that feels fun. In other words, they want a relationship that has qualities or elements of their same-sex relationships - just like women do, too. "

" I've done romantic comedy, and I don't get to flex that muscle often. "

" You're writing your life as you go - the question becomes, how do you want to write your life? "

Hill Harper

Want

Writing

" When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that's fine, but we don't need to see you do a 'Schindler's List,' where there's no jokes or music or comedic through-line. "

" Dr. King said, 'We are all tied together in a garment of mutual destiny.' Which says to me no matter how well I may be doing in Hollywood, if a young brother or sister in Louisiana, the South Bronx, the South Side of Chicago, South Central Los Angeles - is not doing well, then I'm not doing very well. "

" You're in a situation where you have limited education opportunities, you don't have any money, you can't get a job; what are you going to do? You're going to go back to this criminal network that you actually made while you were in prison. "

" Voting is an individual, personal thing. "

" I've made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments. "