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 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

• 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
  • Done
  • You

• 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

• 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
  • Done
  • 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
  • Done
  • Name
  • Opening

• You don't think it was because a white man wrote it, a black man wrote it, a green man wrote it. What - doesn't make a difference! Doesn't make a difference. I think he did a good job.

  

  Cab Calloway
  • Good
  • Job
  • Man

• Having one's image, and effectively, life, democratized, dehumanizes and sometimes objectifies it into an entertainment product. What sort of valuation of the ego would one have once you've let it been preyed upon by the public for years and years? Perhaps, it becomes truly just skin and bones.

  

  Jack Gleeson
  • Life
  • Years
  • Ego

• When I was acting, I got trained in creating a character as a three-dimensional person. If you're doing it right you should be able to draw an audience into the character's world and make them feel their fears.

  

  Tana French
  • World
  • Character
  • Doing

• Lil' Kim is my stage name and a character I use when I'm out working my livelihood.

  

  Lil' Kim
  • Character

• I ended up having my first girlfriend when I was 13, and she was obsessed with Justin Bieber. I remember watching the 'Baby' music video and being so jealous of him. So I posted a cover of 'One Time' on YouTube, and she loved it.

  

  Jacob Whitesides
  • Up
  • Time
  • Music

• I started singing one day along with my cousin, and I didn't take it too seriously. The people started telling me, 'Hey, you have a nice voice.' and I was like, 'Really?'

  

  Anthony Santos Aventura
  • People
  • Nice
  • Singing

• I don't think any reasonable person would object to you, as the advertiser, having say in who and what you want to pair your ad with.

  

  Freddie Wong

• I don't want to live in a small Bronx apartment. I don't want to have three kids that got to share one room.

  

  Cardi B
  • Live
  • Kids
  • Small

• 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
  • Done
  • Character
  • Black