Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Quotes
The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather stay in character.
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I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not tell you that now, but they'll thank you later in life.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I personally have a pretty open philosophy about trying to talk to the press, and so does Dan Bartlett.
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The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.
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I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.
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The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.
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It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
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Don't know if I'm a nerd - I'm more of a geek.
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I would love to work with someone like Kevin Spacey as he could pass on what I need to learn.
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I came to New York to write and direct, and when I got here, a lot of my rage came out.
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All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise it becomes a polemic, and people don't want to see it. If you're trying to get a message out to people, you've got to entertain them at the same time.
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I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and energetic, not the sort of rarified intellectual activity it's painted as.
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I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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...which fairy-tale princess ever chose her maid over her prince?
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The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather stay in character.
