Michael Clarke Duncan Quotes
I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy, and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!
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I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish – there was a bit of nobility about her.
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The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
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I always wanted to do a Disney movie.
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I've never wanted to be the boss.
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I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.
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It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.
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I read that book, 'Lonesome Dove,' and I told my agent that they were gonna make a miniseries out of it and I wanted to be in it. I didn't care what part.
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I was really into my studies and wanted to be a doctor.
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A lot of women say to me, 'You know, I really hated you because my kids wanted you to be their mother.'
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When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.
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I wanted to play baseball!
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Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.
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For sentimental reasons, she wanted the front license plate and the steering wheel to make a clock with.
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I always wanted to know what it felt like to fall on stage... now I know. It's not how you fall, but how you get up
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I've always been a fast reader. Now I had to do it slowly, discussing each sentence. And every time I wanted to change something I had to come up with an intelligent defense I could be pretty sure that they would turn my suggestion down, as they had so many aspects to keep in mind. However, if I argued well, I could have a chance. I had to think of every comma, every word.
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Not even close, ... Once I can transfer my weight to my front leg and just do it with a lot of force, and I don't even think about it, the home runs will come.
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I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery.
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When we discovered cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.
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A lie has always a certain amount of weight with those who wish to believe it.
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Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can't have it both ways; you can't live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.
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Have you ever been with a girl, you had an argument and you wanted to make up with her? As long as you say nothing, you can make up with her. If you say something, it's going to be another argument, you are going to get no pussy and you go to bed mad. But if you don't say nothing, it gets closer and closer, y'all make love and it's all expressed through love.
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In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.
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I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy, and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!
