Akinyele (Akinyele Adams) Quotes
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.
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Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I enjoy anything where you get to flex your acting muscles, you get to really go for it.
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People automatically assume that because you're an actor, you're a blank canvas 24/7. But I can't wear what everyone else wears. If I went to an audition, I'd wear what the character would wear, but the moment I'm done with the audition or done filming, I go back into my high-waisteds.
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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.
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My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.
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Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.
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Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was always more concentrated on my career. And yes, you do question people's motives. Is it just because I'm him – I'm Nathan Lane?
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We were very poised and played well within the system.
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They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.
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I am confident. Otherwise, I will not be working as I am working.
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As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.
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I love flexing theater muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater.
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It's a great opportunity when one gets something new to grasp, and I feel we should just grab it.
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I went to a lecture of Arthur Koestler once, I never met him.
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Could you just call me Pigeon?” he asked the teacher when she read his name. “Does your mother call you Pigeon?” “No.” “Then to me you are Paul.” ... “Nathan Sutter,” the teacher read. “My mother never calls me Nathan.” “Is it Nate?” “She calls me Honeylips.
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When I need bread, I grab the toaster and stick niggas for they crumbs.
