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" There's really nothing like a live audience right there. When you're in a bad show, you can hear the creaks in the chairs. "
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Bad
You
Right
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" When we look at each other, we're the same family. You don't have to see black or Latino - we're one family. That's America. "
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" The two lines from 'Roots' that stick out to me are, 'You no more in Africa. You in America now,' and what I said after Kunta escaped: 'What is it like to be free, Kunta? It must be something.' "
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" The worst resentment that anybody can have is one you feel justified to keep. "
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" Sometimes I believe that the reason I have been able to do such exemplary work on the screen is because this is the only place I can be free, neither censured nor judged. "
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" I think more important than law is the hearts of people. "
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" My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household. "
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" I believe the gift of acting is a gift from God, my oath to God, and I want to make sure on a daily basis that it is honed and deeply spiritual... I want to believe that the audience believes that my acting comes from this special place. "
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" If a role isn't different, it's not worth doing. "
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" You never know when what you do in the arts means something to people, and you never really know if you've been received well. "
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" My father's best friend, Georgie Terra, was an Italian guy. The children and the cousins and nieces and nephews were children of the Mafia. Those were the children he grew up with. If you want to go to a safe neighborhood, go to where the Mafia is. "
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" After the Academy Award, well, I was left with a lot of time on my hands. I thought I'd get a lot of offers - and they didn't come. "
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" Never made a million dollars from any of my 78 movies. People thought I had this fortune, which I never had. "
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" Some Marine units actually use 'An Officer and a Gentleman' in their training programs. "
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" I grew up with all my cousins. The men worked, and the older women raised us - my mother, my aunt, my grandmother. My great-grandmother was the matriarch, and sometimes there were 30 of us. "
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Mother
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" The only time I was really free was when the director said 'Action' in front of a camera or on the stage, and that's when I flew. "
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Time
Action
" There are beautiful words in the Bible and in our pledges and the Declaration of Independence. "
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Words
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Bible
" You have a bout with death, things that touch your mortality, when that happens, all that bling-bling gets thrown away because all you've got is you and God. "
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Touch
You
Got
" I was always told that I'd have to do a movie with a white guy in order to get the money. That's the way it was. That made me feel that I should have chosen some other profession, so I could have gotten my just deserts. "
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Way
Money
White
" I can do more than anyone suspects. I pride myself on my versatility. It took 32 years of difficult parts, second leads, villains and juveniles. The Oscar changed the quality of the roles I was being offered. "
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" 'Avatar' was gorgeous. There are good stories in there, but when used in other movies they're similar to those violent video games. Characters using deadly weapons. The children follow these movies. "
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" The Lord may not come when you want Him, but he's always going to be there on time. "
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Always
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" I had an Oscar, an Emmy, and yet I had this big hole in my soul. "
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" We are born with freedom and hope, but often that's dashed because of our color. But in school, I'd already been taught that no one could tell me that you can't do something because you're black. "
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" One of my best friends while shooting 'Roots' was Vic Morrow, the guy that whips Kunta. "
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" One of the most fascinating projects I worked on right after 'Officer' was 'Sadat,' a role for which Anwar Sadat's widow, Jehan, personally chose me. Although this TV miniseries won me nominations for the Golden Globe and an Emmy, strangely, it was boycotted in the Middle East. "
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" I was at Woodstock. In the mud. "
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Woodstock
" I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp. "
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" When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it. "
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" Working on the ABC movie 'Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige,'' which we filmed in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was a special pleasure, particularly because I'd played baseball in high school. "
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