Winston Duke Quotes
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J. J. Abrams is a director that I've admired for a long time, from the very first scripts he wrote - including 'Regarding Henry,' which I was in.
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The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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If I can still have Hollywood and a piece of Bollywood, I will take it.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.
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I developed this - I don't know, like a burning love, almost, inside of me that I just wanted to get up, and I just wanted to skate every single day and get better.
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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I'm very involved with all the executives at Televisa.
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I've never done this level of physical preparation for something. Particularly for 'Rogue One' where I was training every day and doing kung fu rehearsals on a daily basis. But that's part of the reason I wanted to do it, because it was very different from what I've done before.
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I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time.
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I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.
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In real life, women don't enjoy being degraded and treated like objects/receptacles.
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If Truman hadn't published 'Answered Prayers' in parts, he'd have had the drive to finish it. The peacocks took it away from him.
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The goal can never be reached unless a man makes his mind strong, and firmly resolves that he must realise God in this very birth, nay, this very moment.
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We need to expect to pay a price if we want to make our lives better, but more importantly, we need to expect to pay a price for just leaving things as they are.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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When people get up on the stage and say, "I've got AIDS," or "I'm in recovery," gosh, it's hard for them. It's like that story touches every person's story. You know, they open their entire humanity up. Storytelling is very important in life. Telling the truth is critical. It's like, again, the melody. The melody of jazz music is the truth, for me.
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I feel I'm following my path. I'm living my truth, and my path is storytelling.
