Jay Ellis Quotes

It's like one of the best things that can ever happen to you as an actor: to have your story reach people, even if they don't look like you and even though they may not be able to identify with a black male; they can still identify with what's happening to you.

Jay Ellis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 27, 1981

Topics

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Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same neighborhood.

Jimmy Breslin

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I'm 37 years old and don't have a steady paycheck.

Joe Lando

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Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible.

Stonewall Jackson

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The secret to acting is don't act. Be you, with add-ons.

Michael Sheen

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Post 9/11, so much has changed in New York that it does not give you that homely feeling which it did before.

Mira Nair

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One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.

Mo Yan

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I convinced my parents to let me see an agent, but because I had been taught never to speak to strangers, I was so quiet during the interview, they said to bring me back when I was older.

Jason Fuchs

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The writer's room is a really interesting place to be.

Jason Gann

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I like to get people moving and jumping. I think it's good to add more emotion and chaos.

Chuck Palahniuk

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In Cuba you get a quarter of a chicken per month. They give you one bread per person a day. So, it makes your life really tough.

William Levy

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When they announce who I am and what I've achieved, I still pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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I went from being the shy weirdo to the class clown in a couple of years.

Thomas Middleditch

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