Morris Chestnut Quotes
I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the quality of the acting is most important because most rappers are put in movies because of the personality and people want to see that.
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Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.
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The short hair fits my personality more. I think maybe, with long hair, it was a role - I was playing dress-up a bit.
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Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.
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The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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I knew it was called 'Dunkirk,' Christopher Nolan was directing it, and it was a war film. That was all anyone knew.
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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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When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
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Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.
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Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.
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I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
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I make sure that whatever film I do, I enjoy my role.
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Every friendship is different because everyone's personality is different.
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It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.
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I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.
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They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't.
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As an actor, I don't want to do something which I have already done before.
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All rappers exaggerate.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.
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I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.
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Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.
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I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the quality of the acting is most important because most rappers are put in movies because of the personality and people want to see that.
