Wyclef Jean Quotes
I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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When you're on set, you have to perform and look the part.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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I'm just going to go with it for as long as it lasts.
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Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama.
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I like part-time jobs in restaurants.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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I was 18 when I did 'The Amanda Show,' and I was 19 when I did 'MadTV,' and I was in way over my head. I was just sort of a goof who could do impressions of WB stars - speaking of the Dawson Van Der Beek era - and it was overwhelming. I don't think I've learned more faster in my life than when I worked on 'MadTV.'
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It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the sides.' I think I originally read for Bumper, because Donald didn't have much in the script, so I read all Bumper's lines. I beatboxed for them, because that's what my character was supposed to do. And then I was like, 'By the way, I rap.'
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As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.
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People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
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The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn't ask them.
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From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.
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More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.
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I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has that challenge for me to play - a different kind of role, a different type of character, a different time period.
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I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.
