American - Actor | November 30, 1977 - July 8, 2017
I don't look anything like my mother, except when I'm Lafayette. I look like my father.
Nelsan Ellis
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When I wanted to become a serious actor, this girl told me, 'You should go to Juilliard.' And I said, 'Okay.'
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The ultimate part that I want to play in my life is Jimi Hendrix, so I guess I'm drawn to music even though I can't sing or dance very well.
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When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react.
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You have to be a tough gay person in the South.
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You go back to my town, it's like going back to the 1960s... just not a great place to grow up.
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You have to learn to not hate who you have to live with.
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Everybody kept saying, 'I just don't know how to sell you.' I'm odd. I don't think you can put a finger on me.
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Although I can be a leading man, you wouldn't look at me and go, 'He's a leading man.'
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Whenever you have a character in which one of his defining qualities is his sexuality, it's always challenging, because you don't want to bring in someone who's going to play that in a phony way.
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There are homophobic people in my family. They're deeply religious.
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I was raised by women.
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