Jeffrey Wright Quotes

I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops.

Jeffrey Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 7, 1965

Topics

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The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.

John Bercow

JobGovernmentTeamPartyCaptain

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

John F. Kennedy

GrowthFreedomEnemyWillConformity

In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.

John Mellencamp

TodaySongForwardStoryThinkTry

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

ArtFindKnowSayListenCritics

The first rejection that 'Dexter' got, I was like, 'OK. This hasn't worked. Let's try something else. I'll go get a teaching job or something.'

Jeff Lindsay

JobRejectionGoTryFirstGet

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

Steve Chabot

PeopleThinkCommon SenseTrouble

You can win it in the late innings if you never quit.

Robert Forster

WinYouLateQuitNever QuitNever

The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.

Roald Dahl

GreatHouseComfortBedOverLine

I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do.

Robin Wright

I CanSomethingSureRatherAttempt

All devices should just sip power and be charged like a calculator is, with a small solar cell. No power adaptors. It's easy to put a solar cell into a device, but it's not powerful enough to drive today's cell phones or laptops. They need too much power to run.

Mary Lou Jepsen

TodayPowerDriveSmallPowerful

I don't always want to read serious fiction. But when I read fiction that's not serious, I don't want to read brain candy. Entertain me, for God's sake.

Dorothea Benton Frank

GodMeBrainSeriousWantCandy

When we change our body types for other people, it's very hard to sustain it, but when you're keeping up a body type for what makes you happy and what makes you feel good, you can sustain that because you're like, 'I feel great.'

Constance Zimmer

ChangeGoodGreatHappyPeopleBody

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