Nelsan Ellis Quotes
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Anna Paquin is marvelous, and she brings so much experience to the table.
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I can't approach a character with judgment.
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The beautiful thing about this country is that I can be a Christian and feel free to do so. Or somebody cannot be a Christian and do whatever that entails. Or somebody can be a Christian and still be gay, and I support it.
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Although I can be a leading man, you wouldn't look at me and go, 'He's a leading man.'
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Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don't address it. Until it happens to celebrities.
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I don't look anything like my mother, except when I'm Lafayette. I look like my father.
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When I moved to Chicago, I was coming from a school that didn't have any arts in Alabama. I essentially came from a town where the arts didn't exist and the desire for education didn't exist and wasn't valued.
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Acting is the only thing that makes me happy.
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My mom's side, they're southern Baptist Christian.
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Being different gives the world color.
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I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot.
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Whenever you have a character in which one of his defining qualities is his sexuality, it's always challenging, because you don't want to bring in someone who's going to play that in a phony way.
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I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene.
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I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.
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The arts are suffering amongst public schools, but also, minority theater companies are struggling, and I firmly believe in freedom of expression through the arts.
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I was raised by women.
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You have to be a tough gay person in the South.
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I see a project, and I say I want to audition for it, and people let me audition for it. There's a lot to be grateful for.
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I had no intention of being an actor.
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I can play a doctor, and I can play a thug.
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My years at Thornridge probably changed the course of my life.
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Fiona Shaw is a goddess to me.
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'Interview with a Vampire' is my all-time favorite. I also loved 'An American Werewolf in London.'
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But no one told me that when you're in the military, they own you.