American - Actor | July 8, 1963 -
As an actor, you can believe that you are the reason for a show's success, but these things are a brand name now. They're like Coca-Cola. It's like, with or without you, people are still gonna drink it.
Rocky Carroll
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As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination.
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'Roc' was sort of an experiment because none of the lead actors on our show had any real television experience, especially in half-hour TV.
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Television had a black president long before Barack Obama.
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If you can appeal to another person's sense of humor, you can introduce ideas, thoughts, things that they may disagree with or not believe in. At least they'll listen.
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A free and democratic society is not the norm. When you look to the history books, world history was not based on great democratic societies but on imperialism, absolute rule, kings, queens, monarchs, dictators.
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One of the first guys I ever played golf with was Samuel L. Jackson. We did a movie many years ago and would play whenever we could.
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It was 1995, the year Ben Crenshaw won the Masters. I was watching on TV, and I remember watching him sink his final putt on the 18th hole. He broke down in tears because his coach, Harvey Penick, had just died. I sat there watching with a box of Kleenex, wiping tears from my eyes and going, 'OK, this is crazy - I'm crying over golf!'
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If you're famous for being famous, that's usually a four-year career.
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You may look at the people who sell the pages of the tabloids, and they're more famous for their personal exploits. I know all about these people, but when was the last time I saw something they've done or bought an album?
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The guy who shows up on time, who has a good work ethic, network executives and producers know that. It's a very small industry we work in.
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I was a class clown. I realized early on feeling very comfortable in front of people.
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