Josh Hopkins (William Joshua Hopkins) Quotes
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
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You got me: I do Pilates. I love Pilates because we do very specific training in soccer for the same six or seven muscles, but we neglect so many other muscles. So when I do Pilates, it helps get all the rest of the muscles in shape and gets them working together.
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I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' and all that stuff.
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.
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I'm an actor.
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I'm a total loner. I can't even answer texts or take my phone with me when I'm working!
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I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever.
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I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
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I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever.
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So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as a black actress, there aren't that many roles to pick from.
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I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that.
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It's about working when nobody's watching.
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I don't see the point in working just to be working.
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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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I was very lucky in as much as I played a lot of tennis.
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I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.
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I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
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Life becomes a lot simpler for a creative person when he or she finds the routine that works best. ... get in the habit of going through the routine every day, and on some of those days, you're going to be lucky and have done some good work. ... Go to your study, close the door, invent your confidence.
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I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.
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The constant search and witness for God's truth - that is the most rewarding journey any of us can take in life.
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I have been very lucky for most of my adult life to be working as an actor.
