Bokeem Woodbine Quotes
You can be a dynamic actor, but could never be a star if you never spend time with the media. That's something that I neglected to do.
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People are mean on social media, whoever you are. It's a shame people have to be that way.
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I have an older brother who is an actor as well.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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'The Crumbling of America' should be required viewing for local and national government, not to mention the local and national media who should be keeping their feet to the fire on guarding against disaster.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.
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Nowadays, you can be a fan of someone that's not an actor or artist. You can be a fan of someone that makes YouTube videos.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.
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I'm not partial to any system, but at the same time, I'm a Korean actor, so I expect to work mainly on Korean projects.
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Over my career, I've reinvented myself numerous times. I covered the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA. I wrote about labor wars, trade wars and real wars. I chronicled a nuclear plant meltdown and the defeat of Communism. I co-founded a couple of media businesses.
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But you know the thing that I thing oftentimes gets ignored and neglected is there was 10 or 12 years of life before I met Amy and before she met me, where you know, whatever happened was probably going to happen some day.
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Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point.
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You can always tell an actor by the bored look in their eye whenever someone else is talking.
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I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.
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Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.
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The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons.
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I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.
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The media has a responsibility. And we can't let them totally get away because they have to let the truth be seen and be told.
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One of the coolest things about being an actor is growing, and changing with everything, and never making the same decision twice because you've learned so much from the last project. I guess that's like in life. You keep moving through, and you hopefully learn from your mistakes and just get better and better all the time.
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I have a longing for fiction - to try to believe in it and to disappear into it.
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Imagination is the cornerstone of human endeavor.
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The franchisees are uniquely in touch at the local level. They see what's going on in their communities in a way we couldn't ever imagine.
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You can be a dynamic actor, but could never be a star if you never spend time with the media. That's something that I neglected to do.
