Forest Whitaker Quotes

As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. I've been doing this for 26 years and some of the things I've done are always with me.

Forest Whitaker

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• Indian cinema is no more limited to audiences in India. We have viewers all around the world, and hence, understanding the global perspective is a must. Cinema Beyond Boundaries would get the viewers and the filmmakers together and would help us in serving them with good quality cinema.

  

  Madhur Bhandarkar
  • World
  • Good
  • Together

• Aging is not uncomplicated. Creativity is an extraordinary help against destructive demons.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Help
  • Creativity
  • Aging

• I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Believe
  • Done
  • Energy

• I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and some fans have even thanked me because they now feel like they have a gay action hero, and it's very endearing to hear that kind of stuff. But I just played him the way he was and tried to do right by the character.

  

  Dan Feuerriegel
  • People
  • Character
  • Action

• Lebanese mezze, Cantonese dim sum and Basque pinchos have all evolved over years and are designed to make sense together.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Together
  • Years
  • Sum

• But in action, one defies one's character.

  

  Daniel Bell
  • Character
  • Action

• Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them.

  

  Barney Frank
  • People
  • World
  • Experience

• Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French... and they got together and swore a pact to the devil.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Work
  • Know
  • Human

• Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.

  

  Sai Baba
  • Love
  • Energy
  • For Her

• I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Life
  • Great
  • Important

• What drew me to the character is that Roberto Duran is the son of an American soldier - a Marine - stationed in Panama and a humble Panamanian mother, and he was abandoned.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Character
  • American
  • Mother

• I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Character
  • Evil
  • Come

• As an old-time New Yorker, it's not that I miss the '70s and '80s or whatever. I miss the fact that there was a certain kind of energy that exists when people can live for nothing.

  

  Abel Ferrara
  • People
  • Time
  • Live

• It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Time
  • Important
  • Character

• Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level.

  

  Carey Mulligan
  • People
  • Character
  • Unique

• Energy is one of the most precious battlefield resources, but it is risky and expensive to deliver in combat zones.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Energy
  • Resources
  • Most

• There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • Men
  • Together
  • Commitment

• The thing with me is, about that - about rock and all that - years and years of crate-digging, listening to old music, you kind of start to connect the dots. And I was seeing the thread that was connecting everything together, which is pretty much the blues. And everything soul or funk kind of starts with that.

  

  D'Angelo
  • Music
  • Together
  • Soul

• Leadership is having a compelling vision, a comprehensive plan, relentless implementation, and talented people working together.

  

  Alan Mulally
  • People
  • Together
  • Vision

• Dieu se manifeste à nous au premier degré à travers la vie de l’univers, et au deuxième degré à travers la pensée de l’homme. La deuxième manifestation n’est pas moins sacrée que la première. La première s’appelle la Nature, la deuxième s’appelle l’Art.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Nature

• The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)

  

  Tobias Smollett
  • Literature

• As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. I've been doing this for 26 years and some of the things I've done are always with me.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Done
  • Character
  • Together