Eriq La Salle (Erik Ki La Salle) Quotes
You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios.
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I've only gotten directly offered two or three movies, ever. I don't have the luxury of being able to say no a lot, and I don't really have the luxury of just getting to pick and choose certain things. If I did, I probably would choose even more different roles than I've played.
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Hamas has effectively kidnapped Gaza. Instead of turning it into the Singapore of the Middle East that was promised, they have turned it into a fortress of terror.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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Look at Jessica Simpson. She's famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe, and she actually wasn't that dumb, but that's how she was perceived - and that's what got popular.
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The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.
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If I don't create, I don't exist.
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I was only 23 and just out of college when I filmed 'Casualty' and so nervous, but it was brilliant fun. I was really lucky, and it really helped my career.
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Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
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Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.
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There's a very different kind of psychology going on in the fashion scene than in art. When artists connect to a system because they want to make a living, it's their own choice. In fashion, designers don't have that choice.
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I never have time to have a dinner. I have to eat while I'm memorizing lines. The only way to maintain energy is to eat all day long. I must eat all day long.
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I nitpick details.
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Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain't right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone.
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Isn't she lovely made from love?
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Every time I come to Auburn it's nothing but love.
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My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
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I'm dragging the audience to hell with me
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Acting on stage is a living organism you can never pin down, and I believe the audience feeds off that, too.
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Real success is not being on the cover of a magazine; it's knowing that you've done, and enjoyed doing, what you set out to do.
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You can't change who you are but you can surely make the best of it. And if you've got a thought act on it.
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You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios.
