Nelsan Ellis Quotes

Whenever you have a character in which one of his defining qualities is his sexuality, it's always challenging, because you don't want to bring in someone who's going to play that in a phony way.

Nelsan Ellis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 30, 1977 - July 8, 2017

Topics

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Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

Joe Morton

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Horrific things should be presented as horrific.

Jeremy Podeswa

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Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of womanhood after the child-bearing age.

Anna Garlin Spencer

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I used to tape over the top corner of my computer screen so I couldn't see what time it was. I like the idea that I'm just with the words and not knowing what's going on with the world, when it's lunch or dinner.

Michael Connelly

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I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?

Tony Goldwyn

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Who am I to tell people what to do with their own careers and how they're doing?

Robert Whittaker

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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Rudyard Kipling

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Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

Joseph Conrad

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I feel like I get all the good parts of college, cause I just college hop on the weekends and party with them, but I don't have to do any of the school part or the work part.

Daya

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I don't know why people eat so badly. I could eat pasta all the time, but it really is fattening. And I love ice cream, but I can't do that. There was a time, until I was in my mid-forties, when I could eat a whole pizza - and really, no effect.

Christopher Walken

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A scuffed up shoe on the red carpet or at a big premiere is never okay! It can really alter the vibe of a trendy look.

Brad Goreski

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If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

Arthur Goldberg

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