American - Actor | November 30, 1977 - July 8, 2017
But no one told me that when you're in the military, they own you.
Nelsan Ellis
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When I moved to Chicago, I was coming from a school that didn't have any arts in Alabama. I essentially came from a town where the arts didn't exist and the desire for education didn't exist and wasn't valued.
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I think, in this country, anybody can do whatever they want to do as long as it's not hurting anybody else or violating the laws of society.
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If you want to get married to a man, then get married to a man. If two women want to get married, they should get married. It's not hurting me.
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The beautiful thing about this country is that I can be a Christian and feel free to do so. Or somebody cannot be a Christian and do whatever that entails. Or somebody can be a Christian and still be gay, and I support it.
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Let gay people get married.
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I empty myself out and fill myself with the character. I would play a devil worshipper, and I would fill myself up with whatever devil worshippers believe. Then, as myself, I empty that out and become Nelsan.
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There were not many black students at Juilliard, unfortunately. So when you get there, you become very good friends, in particular, with the other black students.
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My years at Thornridge probably changed the course of my life.
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I had no intention of being an actor.
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My idea of horses is from when I grew up on a farm. They were big, and they were dumb.
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It's hard to get an education when teachers spend 70 percent of their time trying to discipline students.
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