Ozwald Boateng Quotes
If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.
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Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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A great painting is a great painting.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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We had particular policies in this country that resulted in the larger share of poverty that we have in African-American communities.
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When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them.
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For me, my number one Hollywood role model is Jennifer Lopez.
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Sport's hard: the margin between winning and losing is tiny.
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Whenever you show up on a set where you haven't been from the beginning - at least myself - I'm kind of quiet. I just watch the politics and how everything unfolds.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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The entire making of 'Within and Without' was a series of experiments and trial by error. When I started writing, I didn't have a strong idea of what the record was going to end up like.
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What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
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Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character, creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work.
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My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.
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I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.
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When I was younger, all I wanted to do was be a singer, and then I got into a great acting class in New York and became obsessed with that.
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If I were the commissioner of all sports media, the one change I would make is to sprinkle a little niceness and civility across our industry. Just a touch.
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.
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If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.
