J. Cole (Jermaine Lamarr Cole) Quotes
I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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I thought Beverly Hills was a gated community. I always drove around Beverly Hills because I thought that there's a guard that was going to stop me.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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A good leader must be fair.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
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It's about these people who are inextricably together for whatever reasons, and they happen to be in the spy world. It's about relationships, and the bottom line is, that's why you care.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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If there is a pattern, it will come back - maybe in Russia more than anywhere else, because it has collapsed so many times. Maybe less so here in the States, because here the society is so young.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents.
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For some reason if we hear 100 praises and one criticism, we focus on that one hurtful thing.
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For 'Spartacus,' we've committed 100 percent of our production time to creating great scenes. So all the training I do is on my own time. And that's pretty limited.
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I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African music, based on huapango drums, and it's kind of like a 6/8 time signature, but it really is a very syncopated 6/8. And that's how I attack vocals.
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You may be wondering why I went from over there to over here. Well, that was choreography.
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I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'
