Dennis Haysbert Quotes
I grew up in Northern California, and theater is all there was. I didn't know how to go about starting a career when I was 10.
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There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at a range of stories, you find many stories about marriage, sexual initiation, abandonment. The plots often revolve around what to me seem to be elemental fears and desires.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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Surely no one can be sure he has visited Cienega; people say to themselves, do they not: 'Was it a vision; or have I, some time or other, seen dusk in a valley like this?'
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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I don't think about my fame very much.
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I am part of a team organising an Emma Hamilton exhibition for the National Maritime Museum for 2016, and the amount of planning is a revelation - borrowing from museums and collections all over the world.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.
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Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
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Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60.
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It was just one of those moments in the universe that was mine.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.
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Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
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Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too much.
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Trans folk, especially of color, should not be obligated to help cis folk play catch-up on our experiences. The effort can detract from our work to protect and liberate ourselves.
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It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
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Fashion is not frivolous.
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I'm pretty much a straight guy on 'The Office.' We can't all be crazies. You need some balance.
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I could go insane if I obsessed over every little detail of all of my companies. My management philosophy is to pay attention to the vital few and ignore the trivial many.
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I grew up in Northern California, and theater is all there was. I didn't know how to go about starting a career when I was 10.
