Courtney B. Vance Quotes
I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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Either you are extrovert or introvert, and so I am an introvert in that sense. I'm not a social person that wants to go to parties.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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When you're used to being in the public eye, if you've got a disease, you've got to own up to it. It's about being about it, not running from it.
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I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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People in Hollywood are going make pictures where ever it's the least expensive to make them.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.
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But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
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I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.
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I have to prove everything. Especially when you're coming from an off year after the injuries, and you come back, and you have to prove a lot of things to the fans, to the team, to your teammates, to the sport. You have to prove a lot of things out there on the field.
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I actually felt like I was starting a new career as a news reporter while playing in 'Pinocchio.'
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I don't want to live on past records.
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Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives.
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I went out in my goddamn underwear too!
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Each song, you're telling a story and acting.
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Born on a mountain, raised in a cave. Arresting fugitives is all I crave.
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Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
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I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it.
