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" Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor. "
Terrence Howard
Humor
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" The only thing that really matters in the initial part of my career, the worst mistake I've ever made was try to do things to please the audience thinking how the audience is going to respond if I do this. "
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" And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula. "
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" Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression. "
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" When you hear buzz around the beehive, you know they're making honey in there. "
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" I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can. "
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" The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish. "
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" Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue. "
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" Don't just view me as an actor. "
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" My life's experiences, I've always had, my uncle used to call it antenna. I know what's going to happen oftentimes before it happened when it's involving me. "
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" No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know. "
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" I'm trying to make enough money where I can be financially independent and be able to go and just pursue that thing that everybody really needs, just pursue my family and the cause of my family. "
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" We both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet, but then there's another side that can be as harsh and as ugly as the darkest thing you could imagine seeing. "
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Seeing
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" I just wanted to be a scientist. "
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" I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the black community that people don't realize. "
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" We call the Creator father, because we rely upon Him to protect us, guide us, feed us, keep us warm, to discipline us and all those things. I try to take my cue from the Creator, with regard to my children. "
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Father
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" I am an engineer, but what I find important and necessary is that you just learn things as you go along. "
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" The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife. "
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Life
" Every role you play is literally - and I've said this before - every single role that you play, the only way you can connect to that character is because that was a piece of you that was scattered around that yard, almost like we got caught up in some whirlwind. "
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" And when I stopped doing that and started thinking about what feels natural and what feels right to me and started pleasing myself, then it became good. "
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" I don't have any love for this business or the game or for acting. This is my day job. "
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Day
" My future's about trying to be a better man. "
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Better Man
Better
Trying
" You just drop a character like this that and the other and it's done. "
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" I ad lib. I've gotta bring my own into it. "
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" I like to watch mankind in its futile attempt to understand the unknown, when they don't even understand that which they know. "
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" I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power. "
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" And right now I may just be living inside the heart of the body, and I one day hope to move to the brain. "
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" And I'm very surprised that all this stuff actually worked out to where I could have a career in film, gain the benefit of my education, and be thankful that I was able to break into my craft as an actor. "
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" In every person we meet there's this little piece of God in them and that's who you talk to. And that's the only person that you allow to talk to you. When something else is speaking, you walk away from that. If it's not good, if it's not love, you walk away from it. "
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Walk
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" All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists. "
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" The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can. "
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