Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Quotes
When you're a large black man in Hollywood, the obvious stereotype is one of force and menace.
Quotes to Explore
-
The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
-
The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
-
I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
-
I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming because of pollution at our local beach. Twenty-five years later, I'm a board member of Oceana, the world's largest international organization dedicated to ocean conservation.
-
I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
-
I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
-
You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
-
What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
-
For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.
-
You have to keep listening and thinking and being critical and self-critical. Remember General Nivelle, in the First World War, at Verdun? He said he had the solution and then destroyed the French Army until it mutinied.
-
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
-
Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.
-
I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
-
Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
-
With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.
-
What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
-
There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music.
-
Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.
-
I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.
-
Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
-
It was the desire to see black girls and our experiences in the books that I was given to read at school that forced me to speak my truth. I launched #1000BlackGirlBooks, a book drive to collect the stories of women of color.
-
Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!
-
The only way Bex would miss this would be if she were unconscious. And tied up. And in a concrete bunker. In Siberia.
-
When you're a large black man in Hollywood, the obvious stereotype is one of force and menace.
