Offset (Kiari Kendrell Cephus) Quotes
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not tell you that now, but they'll thank you later in life.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
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When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy it.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.
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I don't feel closeted.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
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My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.
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To make a very specific car only for India - where you don't know where the segments are tomorrow or will it shift - is tough.
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I love my people and I don't hate nobody and it keeps me out of trouble.
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I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
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I'm not an actor, really. I can play myself pretty well.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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I've never had a stylist or anything. I don't let people style me.
