Derek Luke Quotes

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

Derek Luke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 24, 1974

Topics

ConfidencePerformanceYouTrue

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead.

John C. Hawkes

FatherParentsWeekYearLookBack

Sometimes it's literally just a feeling that you get that somebody is more interested than someone else; and they may both say they're interested, but you get a feeling.

John Badham

SomeoneYouFeelingSometimesSay

As an actor, I've given up judgement of evil, as long as it's human evil - we have to see ourselves for what we really are, and we're capable of horrific things.

John Carroll Lynch

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I feel really comfortable when it's just me and a guitar. It's special and more vulnerable to strip it down. It can be scary, but it's also empowering.

Tori Kelly

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I have this belief that we are so vulnerable when we open ourselves up to literature. We're reminded of these real parts of ourselves.

Tracy K. Smith

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When reporters are in the business of obtaining hard facts that service the free flow of information, journalists should have a right to obtain that information without fear of personal ruin or incarceration.

Rod Lurie

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I borrowed a lot of money from my parents in the years leading up to the 2000 Olympics, and I worked odd jobs.

Bryan Volpenhein

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I like simple makeup, but a bit dirty-looking around the eyes - I love a smoky look.

Arizona Muse

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The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment.

Annette Bening

MomentActionFeelYouFindMovies

Cities are drivers of growth and wealth, and at the same time, cities are becoming increasingly violent.

Peter Maurer

GrowthTimeWealthSameBecoming

My father was not only a planetary scientist and a great popularizer of science, but he thought very deeply about the world. He was a scholar, he studied history. He taught a class in critical thinking, and he was very, very aware of the directions we might go.

Nick Sagan

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I've done all kinds of martial arts. I have my blackbelt in Shorei Ru. I'm doing Wu Shu. I do all kinds of different martial arts.

Leo Howard

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