Ernie Hudson Quotes

United States, Actor
December 17, 1945

Earnest Lee "Ernie" Hudson is an American character actor. He has appeared in dozens of film and television roles throughout his career, but is perhaps best known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in The Crow (1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz. Hudson has also acted in the films Leviathan (1989), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), Airheads (1994), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Congo (1995), and Miss Congeniality (2000). He had a cameo in the remake of Ghostbusters (2016).

When we come together and appreciate each other, that's always a positive thing; a step in the right direction. That is what the NAACP Image Awards do. If we can just come together and love each other, that's important. I do feel like there's a lack of love but oddly enough, we blame the lack of love on other people not loving and appreciating our accomplishments. But the real reality is we haven't loved and appreciated our own accomplishments.

Ernie Hudson
- Love
- Step
- Awards
Once I committed to acting, this has been it.

Ernie Hudson
- Acting
- Committed

If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.

Ernie Hudson
- Believe
- Paycheck
When someone asks if you're a god, you say YES!

Ernie Hudson
- God
- Asks
- Yes
The truths that are found in the Bible are universal truths. And it shapes who you are and guides you throughout your life.

Ernie Hudson
- Bible
- Truths
- Guides
But when we have families, when we have children, this gives us a purpose for being, to protect our children, to avoid going to jail because if I'm in jail, who looks after my children, who's there for my wife?

Ernie Hudson
- Children
- Wife
- Purpose
Recently, I was giving a speech and I said that it's time for many of us to "go home." Not necessarily to move back home but rather to go back to our communities and support those outreach programs and those people who could use our assistance.

Ernie Hudson
- Home
- Speech
- Move
For me, what's wonderful for me at this stage of my life is that I get to work with people I've admired for a long time.

Ernie Hudson
- Life
- Stage
- Admired

Every once in a while as an actor, you do something that the kids really like.

Ernie Hudson
- Kids
- Actor
There are those who spend their lives studying it and those who spend their lives doing it.

Ernie Hudson
- Studying
- Spend Life
The fulfilling of who you are and your purpose for being here is not found outside, it's trusting God to move you, to inspire you.

Ernie Hudson
- God
- Purpose
- Inspire
I'm old-school. I like action, but I want to see somebody fall in love. I want to see that life stuff.

Ernie Hudson