Mekhi Phifer Quotes
If you go into something saying, 'I'm the bad guy,' you do yourself a disservice as an actor. It's always about trying to find the humanity in a character.
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Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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The virtues of the blockchain is that it would be that it's peer-to-peer settlement - no centralized settlement, no manipulation... And most importantly, there's nothing to capture. It's consensus based. It's stateless.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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Chipotles, which are dried jalapeno peppers, give out a terrific smoky flavour - they're warm, earthy and usually not too spicy.
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I like things simple.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.
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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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I'm going to fight to the death for a public option.
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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When I was a young person working, everybody was older than me, so I had to kind of keep up. I'd see every movie and listen to everything played, and read all the relevant books. Being an actor, it's kind of your job to know what came before you and how big your feelings are allowed to be.
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Unalienable rights are essential limitations to all governments.
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I keep on calling them records because they will always be records to me.
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Teaching, I find, is not the most amusing thing on earth; in fact, with a stupid lump for a Pupil, it is about the most irksome.
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I feel very lucky 'Arrested Development' was so successful because I never really got too much attention, and I was able to evolve instead of only being seen as one character.
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If you go into something saying, 'I'm the bad guy,' you do yourself a disservice as an actor. It's always about trying to find the humanity in a character.
