Marcus Samuelsson Quotes
As an adopted person, once you find out about that 'other' side of yourself, it's almost like you find out who you really are.
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.
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Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
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I never felt the need to introduce all the obstacles in my past when I say, 'Hello, my name is Nate.' But at the same time, I've never hidden from it.
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As an actor, I'm my own worst critic, but after awhile, really, when you watch 'Moonrise Kingdom', it's such a fantastic film that you sort of get sucked into the story, and then you kind of forget about everything else.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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I don't burn any calories trying to be masculine; I just happen to be from that world.
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
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For hundreds of years Iranians have been migrating to many parts of the world. They took Islamic culture to other parts of the world and established it there.
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I started learning everybody's riffs, from Donny Hathaway to Jeffrey Osborne to James Ingram. That helped me create my own style of singing.
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I'm still enjoying discovering more designers and getting to play dress-up in a bigger way than I ever have before.
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My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully.
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Nobody sets out to break new ground. I think change comes when people have no other choice.
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I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.
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My dad took me to see James Brown live, and that's so cool, cause I don't think many people my age can say they saw James Brown. I'm pretty proud of that. That's the thing about me that no one really knows. I had to have been 6 or 7, but I remember it vividly.
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I had a very funny family.
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Posh is a way of living that can often be quite miserly and not about money.
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In maybe 1963, we had 'Collier's Encyclopedia,' and they sent us their yearly LP. I heard the Beatles talking on there. That was the first time I tried altering my voice, doing a Liverpudlian accent.
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I thrive on competition.
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I think most of us are outsiders. And I think that's good because it makes you question things.
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Normally I'm really lucky because I can go down to my local shops and no one cares. I take the Tube and the bus so it's kind of the perfect balance.
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I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.
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As an adopted person, once you find out about that 'other' side of yourself, it's almost like you find out who you really are.
