Mike Epps Quotes
Every now and then you get a nice Jewish kid who likes black people and they would come in, and it would be a stream of them, and have black friends and really feel the black struggle on the acting tip and it's a reason why all of us are not dying in the movie.
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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 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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The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
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I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.
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With modelling, you provide an image that is fake; with acting you have to provide an image that's real.
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Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.
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I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.
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I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.
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I've never been in the music industry, only acting.
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When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was my goal.
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This nation loves singing and loves acting.
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While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me.
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I didn't want to get into acting. I was very happy doing MTV, it took up my time, I was content.
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I have learned that acting is not about beauty.
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It feels like we all win when Joe wins. People know the struggle, everything I had to overcome. People feel like that's them winning. If Joe could do it, they could do it.
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When I started acting professionally, it really felt like an extension of just playing around - it was all very organic.
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Rage only works if it is justified. That's the trick with rage. You gotta have a reason to be mad.
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My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.
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Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. … It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It's a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.
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The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very frustrated by it, to the point that not only did I change parties, I decided to do something about it and run for Congress.
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The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.
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If there is one thing that is constant in this world, it is the power of music.
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Every now and then you get a nice Jewish kid who likes black people and they would come in, and it would be a stream of them, and have black friends and really feel the black struggle on the acting tip and it's a reason why all of us are not dying in the movie.
