Forest Whitaker Quotes
I want a director who can let me feel that he's listening and watching and that he's got me covered. That security is really important for me because sometimes you go into a vulnerable space, and you want to be able to look to somebody because you get insecure: 'Did I do that right?'
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.
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I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
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I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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I don't want to be on the Internet.
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I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.
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I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.
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Americans should never believe, even incorrectly, that one's criminal activity will go unpunished simply because it was committed on behalf of a corporation.
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Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
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I have a feeling there were many, many successful rock duos that just didn't get attention. That's the fault of the rock press. They are always playing up controversy, scandal, aggravation, and irritation.
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People don't tend to be unhappy in jobs doing something that they love, so I think it's important that those entering the world of work for the first time are given as much information as possible on how to get into the career that they want.
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When you're onstage and the audience is smiling and singing and bopping along and you're all on the same level, it's the best feeling in the world. It may sound dumb and corny to say it, but it's like pure love.
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People are too pretentious in France to like Sarkozy. But he'd be a fabulous president for America.
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You see thousands of films you forget the minute you come out of the cinema, don't you? Because they don't mean anything. It's the tough ones like 'Breaking the Waves' and 'Nil By Mouth' that stay with you, that you never forget. I'd like to leave a few of those behind if possible.
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I want a director who can let me feel that he's listening and watching and that he's got me covered. That security is really important for me because sometimes you go into a vulnerable space, and you want to be able to look to somebody because you get insecure: 'Did I do that right?'
