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" When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater. "

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" And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in. "

" Not only do I have to live, right, I have to get some cash for my troubles - it's a scary thing, and people need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies. "

" Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them. "

" As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less. "

" I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in. "

" Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere. "

" Black history is American history. "

" The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit. "

" Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness. "

" People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out. "

" It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing. "

" And some places you been before are so great that you don't ever mind going back. Some places you been before you don't ever want to go back, you know, like Montreal in the Winter. "

" I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was 'Glory'. "

" I like the blues a lot. I grew up on it. "

" I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe. "

" All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that. "

" This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection. "

" And finding the hat, I always like to find the hat. And then props just dress the set. It's all fabulous. "

" I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be. "

" I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors. "

" Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up. "

" If you're playing somebody who is not you, then you can imagine that you are that person. You can feel like he feels, move like he moves, look like he looks - in your own mind. "

" I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. "

" My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston. "

" Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero. "

" Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it. "

" Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive. "

" I find it difficult to watch myself... I find it boring. "

" Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen. "