Dennis Haysbert Quotes
When you're playing a good character, you have an idea that you're playing the hero and the good guy. Actually, I think you're more stymied playing the good guy than you are the bad guy. As the bad guy, you have no inhibitions. Nothing stops you from doing what it is you feel you have to do. You do it because it's what's required.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.
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By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really makes people feel good and I know it certainly made me feel good.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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We took a plant that was being closed by a big company thinking there was no good use for it, and we came in with a different perspective. We bought some used equipment, as simple as we could.
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Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.
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'Deacon Blues' was special for me. It's the only time I remember mixing a record all day and, when the mix was done, feeling like I wanted to hear it over and over again. It was the comprehensive sound of the thing: the song itself, its character, the way the instruments sounded, and the way Tom Scott's tight horn arrangement fit in.
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If you don't think too good, don't think too much.
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Attributing to anything or anyone more good than God has attributed to them is not a positive move, nor does it mean that you have done them any good. A single grain of truth is preferable to a bumper harvest of false imaginings.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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I love a good massage, and they gotta go deep.
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I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.
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Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy.
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After all, the ordinary hero hiding in each of us is often the most powerful catalyst for change.
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When you're in the head of the character, you feel less self-conscious. If I was just being me, I would feel so exposed and be like, 'Why is there a huge camera in my face?' But, when you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing.
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Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.
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There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.
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I always work with the tempo of the energy of the character, whether he's fast or slow, or heavy or light.
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I think there's a good chance we'll dodge the bullet this time.
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I watch mostly documentaries and things that aren't remotely funny.
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Every president who has tried to bring about big changes I think elicits the most passionate responses.
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Travel teaches as much as books.
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Calling representatives every single day, arranging local community meetings, and marching in the streets every Sunday. It's not the path to glory, but it's absolutely essential to maintaining a democracy under threat.
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When you're playing a good character, you have an idea that you're playing the hero and the good guy. Actually, I think you're more stymied playing the good guy than you are the bad guy. As the bad guy, you have no inhibitions. Nothing stops you from doing what it is you feel you have to do. You do it because it's what's required.
