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" Rap is definitely a youthful expression. "
Mekhi Phifer
Definitely
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" I've gotten to travel all over the world and meet all kinds of people and do all kinds of great things, so it's, like, surreal. It just lets you know how time flies, especially when you're having fun. It seems like time keeps going by faster as I get older. "
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" With my first son I cut his umbilical cord and everything, so I'm a hands-on father, to say the least. "
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" Once or twice a week, I try to do some kind of boxing. I'm hitting the bags and jumping rope - all that stuff. "
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" I definitely applaud Netflix and all of those guys, whether it's Hulu or whoever, for doing original programming. "
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" I think, in any artist's mind, you can't just be into yourself. You have to look at the world in an objective view. "
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" If you go into something saying, 'I'm the bad guy,' you do yourself a disservice as an actor. It's always about trying to find the humanity in a character. "
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" I'm an avid watcher of the Nat Geo channel, where I watch shows about how the planets are formed, and shows about moons, quasars, black holes. "
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" I'm a soccer dad at heart. I want five kids, and I want to get married. I want to coach Little League. "
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" It's nice to always have been able to remain consistent. I'm very thankful for that and to work on shows that I can be proud of, and films. "
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" I've done 21 films in eight years, and I've said 'No' more times than I've done films. "
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" I loved the extended version of 'Aliens' because it shows just a little bit more that you don't see and what they always show on television. "
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" When break dancing was out, I break danced. When rapping was the thing, I freestyled rap on the street and battled and all that kind of stuff. "
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" I love anything that really pushes the envelope as far as where it takes your mind. When it's well written and brings you into a world that possibly could be, I think that's the most entertaining for me - to see something that could actually take place and causes you to think. "
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" I hated how Sam Rothstein got manipulated by Sharon Stone's character in 'Casino.' I mean, I just hate how he gets manipulated; that just gets ridiculous to me. I know it's historic, but I hated that. "
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" I'm a big road trip guy. I'm the guy who gets in the RV and drives across country. And when you do that, you really get to see small-town America. "
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" I love character-driven, well-written, great storytelling types of films, and I think that 'My Cousin Vinny' just hit the nail on the head with everything. It's one of those movies that, if I'm flipping through the channels, no matter what part it's on, I can watch it. It's just one of my favorites. "
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" There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that. "
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" Eating right has made the biggest difference in my body. "
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" Actors look at life in a different way. When I meet people, I know that one day I may portray that person or someone like them. It may be a cop or a homeless guy. It helps you to pay more attention to people. Everyone I meet, I retain something from them, something from their personality. It helps me to portray realism in my work. "
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" 'Mekhi' means, sort of, one who loves water, and the relationship with water and how water is important to life... It's a sense of being needed and purpose - you know, we have a purpose on this earth, and we're here to fill that. "
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