Billy Dee Williams Quotes
I tend to approach characters not based on ethnicity but on some unique individual qualities, and I've set my whole life that way. I don't want any sort of limitations imposed on my work. If you truly want to be a creative person, you can't limit yourself.
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At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
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It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.
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When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a film. I think it's just a while magical... it almost feels like you're at a big party in India, where you're singing, you're dancing, you're laughing, you're crying, you feel like you're at a wedding because our films invariably cover all emotions.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.
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There's often more than one correct thing.There's often more than one right thing.There's often more than one obvious thing.
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We should work to de-link health insurance from employment so if you lose your job, your health insurance goes with you and it is personal, portable and affordable.
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Life is tricky - you never know what's going to happen.
Dito Montiel -
The theatre, when all is said and done, is not life in miniature, but life enormously magnified, life hideously exaggerated.
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I tend to approach characters not based on ethnicity but on some unique individual qualities, and I've set my whole life that way. I don't want any sort of limitations imposed on my work. If you truly want to be a creative person, you can't limit yourself.
