Nelsan Ellis Quotes
'Interview with a Vampire' is my all-time favorite. I also loved 'An American Werewolf in London.'
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.
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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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The only difference between a good writer who publishes a book and a good writer who doesn't is that the writer who publishes actually finished her book.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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I had just 15 days to work on my body for the climactic fight of 'Bodyguard.' And I would work on every muscle of my body two/three times a week. I would have developed a superb body if I had three months, but squeezing it into 15 days can be harmful. Also, as you grow older, your metabolic rate slows down.
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My friends told me that it's the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
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For me, I went from showering at the YMCA in L.A., eating chicken sandwiches and ramen noodles if lucky, and going from couch to couch. I'm a real story. I know the struggle.
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It is important to recognise that, alongside the huge benefits that artificial intelligence offers, there are potential ethical issues associated with some uses.
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The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party.
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My books and other works are my legacy, and it's a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people.
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White is hands down my favorite color and the color I wear the most.
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Well I think in all the thirty years I've been doing this now and being gone from home and all that stuff it's really, it's not about what I've achieved and if I've become a better player, or played better ten years ago than I do today.
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'Interview with a Vampire' is my all-time favorite. I also loved 'An American Werewolf in London.'
