Djimon Hounsou Quotes
The lack of diversity, specifically in genre films and the superheroes our kids grow up watching and emulating, they can't really identify with. When you see the same thing, over and over again, and it seems not to speak of you and your heritage and your culture, it leaves you out of this world a little bit.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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I take a lot of pictures.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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I'm so excited and honored to be part of 'Entertainment Tonight!' 'E.T.' was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn't be more thrilled.
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If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.
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You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'
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I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.
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What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow.
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The first person is a tradition I relate to and that I use; historically, it's been the voice I work in. But the hair on the back of my neck stands up when I'm referred to as a 'confessional' writer.
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The lack of diversity, specifically in genre films and the superheroes our kids grow up watching and emulating, they can't really identify with. When you see the same thing, over and over again, and it seems not to speak of you and your heritage and your culture, it leaves you out of this world a little bit.
