Morris Chestnut Quotes
I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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I have an older brother who is an actor as well.
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An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
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Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.
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Major film stars tend to do a film and then have a couple of months off. I'm not a major film star; I'm a jobbing actor.
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I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.
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If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising, or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.
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Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point.
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My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.
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I am very excited and delighted to be an important part of the development of corporate America.
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While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author.
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In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.
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Rumours are a part and parcel of being an actor, and I am okay with that.
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I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.
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Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film.
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As an actor, you spend a lot of your life in hotel rooms.
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
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Girl scouts didn't teach me what to do with emotionally unstable drunk boys.
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I don't think I ever set my goals that high. As a kid growing up I just wanted an opportunity to race and to be able to make a living doing it. It just came together.
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We look to the Iranian government to sit down with us, hear what we have to say and take action where appropriate.
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I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.
