Michael Ealy Quotes
I'm happiest when I'm acting, and I've dedicated my life to it. Still, as much as I love acting, at the end of the day, I want to be remembered as a great person, first, and as a great actor, second.
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I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago.
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I'm more interested in producing than acting.
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There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.
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Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.
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I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt like a hobby.
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
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As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
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I don't think you have to be in these serious, heavy, independent little movies to be an actor. Some of the most interesting acting I've seen is on cable television.
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Acting isn't a singular profession, it is a collaborate profession.
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I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.
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You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.
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If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.
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I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do.
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I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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I love actors.
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Acting has never excited me.
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I have learned that acting is not about beauty.
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God is the foundation of all authority, He exercises that foundation because He is the author and the owner of His creation. He is the foundation upon which all other authority stands or falls.
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Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to say, should simply say it.
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I've always liked shows that have a strong cast of secondary characters. One of the greatest examples ever I would say is 'The Simpsons.' If you think about it, you could name 100 characters recognizable from that show. I think 'Scrubs' has done a good job of having a strong team coming off the bench.
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We are storied folk. Stories are what we are; telling and listening to stories is what we do.
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I have no ambition. I am sure that I should, but... I do films when they are proposed. But I never go and look for them.
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I'm happiest when I'm acting, and I've dedicated my life to it. Still, as much as I love acting, at the end of the day, I want to be remembered as a great person, first, and as a great actor, second.
