As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.

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I think honesty is the ultimate liberation in life. People want to shy away from the truth and keep sweeping it under the rug. But after a while, you pick up the rug and there's just way too much dirt, so you might as well just be up front about it.

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I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. ― Jane Austen

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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You’ve got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can’t really achieve anything great without the help of others.

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I was kind of shy about telling people that I could rap for the longest. -Megan Thee Stallion

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Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ― Marcel Proust

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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all. — Michelangelo

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Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others. ― Epictetus

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And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves - parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it's pretty spectacular.

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There are rich people, and there are those who have money. They are not the same people.

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