American - Actor | October 18, 1947 -
I think the responsibility that any actor has is to bring some truth to the work.
Joe Morton
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When I started, black people were either victims or they were the perpetrators; they were the boogie men who jumped out of the bushes and did terrible things to you.
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Most of my career I purposely spent doing good guys.
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One of the beauties of working in Shondaland is that they make an effort to get to know who you are, so they're not giving you something that's going to be so far out of your comfort zone.
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If you've been on top of the food chain in the Armed Forces, that's who you are. You're used to dealing with your life in a particular way.
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To work for Shonda Rhimes is heaven. It's been amazing.
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I think it's true for all of us, if you find yourself doing really well at something, then the pressure is on you to try to improve.
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'Turn Me Loose' was Off-Broadway, and now we are making a concerted effort to figure out how to get it to on Broadway.
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I think the greatest lesson that power has to teach us is, once you've had it, once you are a part of it, you're never free.
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I think many villains have the burden of not being very human.
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There's nothing better than an educated actor - not only educated in his craft but educated in the world.
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The more you know about the world, the more resources you have in terms of things that can inform your character or the circumstances that surround your character.
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