Jeffrey Wright Quotes

I don't really consider myself a black man in Hollywood. I live in Brooklyn... and on purpose.

Jeffrey Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LiveMyselfManPurposeBlack

I considered a lot of different jobs as a kid. I thought about becoming a priest or a lawyer. My father had a big linen-supply business and I considered working for him. What dawned on me was: 'If I'm an actor, I get to do the fun parts of every job!' Without having to go to four years of law school.

John C. Reilly

FatherBusinessJobSchoolFunLaw

Women should take care of each other, not tear each other down.

Jennifer Garner

WomenCareTake CareDownTakeTear

Despite a good season and 22 points, I'll not drive any more for Toro Rosso in 2015.

Jean-Eric Vergne

GoodDriveMoreSeasonAnyDespite

The Deadwood dirt they painted on us with powder. The air always smelled of livestock and something burning, gave a sooty, dense feel to the air. It was a mixture of odors.

Robin Weigert

FeelAlwaysAirDirtSomethingUs

It's funny now how much we look at - whatever you want to call it: art, design, culture stuff, film - online, and how in the online world, you're instantly global.

Mike Mills

FunnyArtCultureWorldDesignLook

Every year, the average American eats as much as 33 pounds of cheese. That's up to 60,000 calories and 3,100 grams of saturated fat. So why do we eat so much cheese? Mainly it's because the government is in cahoots with the processed food industry.

Michael Moss

FoodGovernmentAmericanFatYear

That's a funny thing, fame. People definitely do treat you differently. When you begin to be successful, people say, 'Don't go changing.' Well, that's easy to say, but the fact is, you don't change at all - other people do.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

FunnyChangePeopleTreatEasyYou

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

Christopher Marlowe

WealthExcessCauseCovetousness

What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.

Annie Leibovitz

EndHelpSituationUpShooting

I think it's very important for children to understand that women work and that it's fulfilling, and it doesn't mean that they love you any less or care about you any less.

Anna Wintour

WorkLoveWomenChildrenThinkCare

A lot of guys I know loved 'Sex and the City.' They'll take it to their grave, but they watched every episode of it.

Allison Williams

CityLovedSexKnowTakeGrave

Talking about peace might not be exciting... some say you don't eat peace, but without peace, you don't eat at all.

Ali Bongo Ondimba

PeaceTalkingYouSayEatWithout

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