Frankie Faison Quotes

I've been asked far too often, 'Can you be blacker?' I've gotten done with auditions and heard, 'We're not going to go black with this character.'

Frankie Faison

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• I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Up
  • Character
  • Book

• I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.

  

  Karen Allen
  • Character
  • Me
  • Roles

• I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I think the story is fantastic and I can be a part of it somehow. That's what I look for.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Character
  • Play
  • Rock

• When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Character
  • Friends
  • Personality

• 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.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • World
  • Heart
  • Home

• These Scriptures, therefore, are infinitely far from justifying the slavery under consideration; for it cannot be made to appear that one in a thousand of these slaves has done any thing to forfeit his own liberty.

  

  Samuel Hopkins
  • Done
  • Liberty
  • Slavery

• The thing that 'Glee' has successfully done that no other TV show has is that they're just honest - but they don't tell you what's right or wrong. They don't tell you what to agree with or what to believe in.

  

  Samuel Larsen
  • Believe
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  • You

• It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.

  

  Jackie Stewart
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  • Past

• It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • World
  • Truth
  • Lying

• One of my favorite albums in the world is Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska.' Each song has this very distinct character who has something profound to say.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • World
  • Character
  • Song

• Irvin Kershner, no matter what anyone says, has done some great work. 'Eyes of Laura Mars' is an incredible movie.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Work
  • Great
  • Done

• Whether you need to like a character, I don't think that's necessary in order to portray him.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Character
  • Think
  • Him

• I love black truffles. I love white truffles.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Love
  • Black
  • White

• The Ewoks were definitely a challenge of writing 'The Jedi Doth Return.' After having done so many things with characters who don't speak English, how was I going to make them stand out? Jedi is also rich with emotional material, particularly Darth Vader's transformation from the dark side back to the good.

  

  Ian Doescher
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Done

• If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Done
  • Want
  • Wisdom

• I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done.

  

  Natalie Wood
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  • Old
  • Grow

• There are things I've done in the past I'm not proud of - and I could talk about them if I wanted to - but I don't reveal my secrets... I prefer certain things to remain personal; there have to be boundaries. And I don't think you need a scandal to have an interesting story.

  

  Faith Hill
  • Done
  • Past
  • Interesting

• To me, I think justice is part of forgiving, if it is well done with love.

  

  Immaculee Ilibagiza
  • Love
  • Done
  • Think

• I even sang once at the opening of a supermarket. You name it, I've done it.

  

  Imelda May
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  • Name
  • Opening

• An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Nature

• My mom's a screenwriter, and before that, she was an actress, and my father was an actor; my stepfather was a director, so I was on sets a lot as a kid. I loved the magic of the set. You walk in, and it's a living room, and you walk outside, and it's just a piece of wood held up by another piece of wood.

  

  Jennifer Jason Leigh
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  • She
  • Father

• I love finding balance. My favorite thing to do is action-driven, emotionally-charged scenes.

  

  Geoff Johns
  • Action
  • Balance

• I've been asked far too often, 'Can you be blacker?' I've gotten done with auditions and heard, 'We're not going to go black with this character.'

  

  Frankie Faison
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  • Character
  • Black