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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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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It's nerve wracking being in the stadium with so many people supporting.
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Family comes out whenever we know it's gonna be steady on a run that's continuous.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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My Number 1 Award is going to go on my mantelpiece, and I'll probably kiss it for two weeks solid every time I pass it!
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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Even today we raise our hand against our brother... We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves as if it were normal we continue to sow destruction, pain, death. Violence and war lead only to death.
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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.
