American - Actor | October 18, 1947 -
When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play.
Joe Morton
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Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.
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With my background, I came out of the theater.
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I came into the industry at a time when there weren't a lot of choices to what you could do.
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I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.
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James Cameron has always been way ahead of the curve in terms of the use of technology in his movies.
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Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same; but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums.
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If there's no craft there, then once the looks go, there goes your career.
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If you have the skill, then you can move as you age.
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Everywhere I go, someone stops me and says, 'Oh, you're that guy from 'Terminator 2.'' So, it's something that has, you know, been around me since the movie came out.
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If you live a good life, that seems to be what really matters. If there is something afterwards, terrific. If not, you haven't lost anything.
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I was maybe one of two black kids in the drama department. It was, 'Well, you can't play this role because that guy has a white girlfriend or a white cousin or whatever.'
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