Russell Hornsby Quotes

United States, Actor
May 15, 1974

Russell Hornsby is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Edward "Eddie" Sutton on ABC Family's Lincoln Heights, as Luke on the HBO drama In Treatment, as Detective Hank Griffin on the NBC series Grimm, and as Lyons in the movie Fences.

I mean, of course, I love sci-fi and stuff like that, but I'm not, like, a comic book crazy guy.

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- Guy
- Mean
Some people build fences to keep people out and we also do things everyday to keep people close - when we play ball and go fishing with our kids, we are doing it to keep them close and fenced in. That's how relationships are built positively - we're using fences to tell people that we love them.

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- Kids
- Play
- Everyday

At the end of the day, you have to find the humanity in you in each character.

Russell Hornsby
- Character
- Humanity
In a lot of work places, you work at a lot of jobs and people work more with their colleagues than with their family.

Russell Hornsby
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- Jobs
- Colleagues
The thing is, about a character, it's not about being right, it's about the truth. The truth comes from within, so you have to search as an artist for the truth.

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- Character
- Artist
As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

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- Trying
- Actors
- Mask
A fence can be protective around your family - a familial fence. Then, there are the people who only know how to take, to abuse, to offend and they build fences to keep you out. They don't have time to talk, they don't have kind words, they only talk about themselves. They never give an olive branch or forgiveness - they create a fence because of their personality or behavior and they want to create a barrier to keep people out.

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- Personality
- Abuse