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" There are homophobic people in my family. They're deeply religious. "
Nelsan Ellis
Deeply
Family
People
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" The beautiful thing about this country is that I can be a Christian and feel free to do so. Or somebody cannot be a Christian and do whatever that entails. Or somebody can be a Christian and still be gay, and I support it. "
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" You go back to my town, it's like going back to the 1960s... just not a great place to grow up. "
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" You have to be a tough gay person in the South. "
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" I am a vampire/werewolf and sci-fi fanatic. God is so good! I get to play in a series that has all that! "
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" Although I can be a leading man, you wouldn't look at me and go, 'He's a leading man.' "
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" I'm not an emotional person; I keep it in, and I wouldn't know how to get it out if it weren't for acting and writing. "
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" Being different makes you beautiful. "
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" I don't look anything like my mother, except when I'm Lafayette. I look like my father. "
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" You have to learn to not hate who you have to live with. "
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" I see a project, and I say I want to audition for it, and people let me audition for it. There's a lot to be grateful for. "
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" Fiona Shaw is a goddess to me. "
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Goddess
" Alan Ball, he's good at challenging his actors, I'll say that. "
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" The ultimate part that I want to play in my life is Jimi Hendrix, so I guess I'm drawn to music even though I can't sing or dance very well. "
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" I'd always dabbled in acting. "
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" My years at Thornridge probably changed the course of my life. "
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" I went from unknown to having no anonymity. "
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" I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene. "
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" I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot. "
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Poetry
" Anna Paquin is marvelous, and she brings so much experience to the table. "
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Marvelous
She
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" I can play a doctor, and I can play a thug. "
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I Can
" But no one told me that when you're in the military, they own you. "
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" I had no intention of being an actor. "
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" Whenever you have a character in which one of his defining qualities is his sexuality, it's always challenging, because you don't want to bring in someone who's going to play that in a phony way. "
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" With 'True Blood,' you don't know what to expect. You don't know how wild it's gonna get. "
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You
Blood
Expect
" Everybody kept saying, 'I just don't know how to sell you.' I'm odd. I don't think you can put a finger on me. "
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You
Me
Know
" When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react. "
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" Let gay people get married. "
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Married
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" I empty myself out and fill myself with the character. I would play a devil worshipper, and I would fill myself up with whatever devil worshippers believe. Then, as myself, I empty that out and become Nelsan. "
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Character
Play
" If you want to get married to a man, then get married to a man. If two women want to get married, they should get married. It's not hurting me. "
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" When you're in a position that you can comfortably give, you need to pay it forward. "
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