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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I will never be a career actor, I don't think. I don't feel that I have the skill set to jump into it that way, although I wouldn't mind giving it a try.
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Anytime you run a gimmick offence, you're a little bit afraid - you're not sound in what you're doing in your base stuff.
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And the written words were footsteps, feet running hard to another person.
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I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense here, that's what's fun.
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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.
