Michael Clarke Duncan Quotes

Once an actor told me he went to the Shakespeare School of Acting, and I said, 'I went to the Shakespeare of Acting, too' and he said, 'Oh really?' And I said, 'I went to Shakespeare Elementary School in Chicago.' He didn't take the joke well, he didn't laugh and didn't think it was funny - I thought it was funny. It's all the same to me.

Michael Clarke Duncan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 10, 1957 - September 3, 2012

Topics

FunnySchoolMeThinkThoughtLaugh

I worked in rose fields, and I worked in potato fields. I did some bouncing.

Joe R. Lansdale

RoseFieldsPotatoSomeDidWorked

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

IdeasWinningStartGameForward

Singing involves a great deal of psychology.

Max Martin

GreatSingingPsychologyDeal

I know my energy level is unlike others. I know that my capacity to really think fast is unlike others, but I also know the price that comes with it.

Mauro Ranallo

EnergyThinkFastPriceKnowOthers

I'm a dull person.

John Updike

PersonDull

Being the only writer on a successful show is very rewarding.

Steven Moffat

SuccessfulBeingShowOnlyWriter

I think that we all fantasize about that teeny tiny time in the film industry when women ruled, back in the '40s.

Sissy Spacek

WomenTimeThinkBackIndustryFilm

I didn't spend much time with my parents when I was growing up.

Michael Reagan

TimeParentsGrowing UpGrowingUp

I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with musicianship and focused attention purely on the song's hook.

Moby

SongThinkNot KnowingAttention

If you're a lay person listening to jazz, you don't necessarily understand everything that's happening within the form. But you get the sense of it, the feel of it, because you're getting to hear something that develops right in front of your face.

Jason Moran

ListeningFaceFeelYouPersonJazz

I know that I'm not my body, and I also know that you're not yours.

Janine Shepherd

YouBodyKnowYoursAlso

'Glory' pays tribute to honorable men who faced unimaginable discrimination even as they fought to preserve basic human rights.

Bonnie Hammer

MenDiscriminationGloryHumanBasic

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