Forest Whitaker Quotes

I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.

Forest Whitaker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 15, 1961

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I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established.

John A. Logan

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I'm probably a believer in abandoning too-big-to-fail firms or breaking them up in some way so that the system can try to take care of itself. I imagine you're not going to get there, and therefore, I suspect regulation is what's going to be required.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.

John Mortimer

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It is my strong belief that the Chinese people are just as proud as we Americans are proud.

Max Baucus

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Striving is exhausting. Sometimes I do say things like, 'I wish I were not quite this driven to be excellent.' It's not a comfortable life. It's not relaxed. I'm not relaxed as a person. I mean, I'm not unhappy. But... it's the opposite of being comfortable.

Angela Duckworth

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Notwithstanding the likes of 'All the President's Men' in the 1970s or HBO's recent 'The Newsroom,' film and TV have always loved to hate the press.

Steve Erickson

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When someone invests in you, I don't want to disappoint them. I want to be the player they think they're getting.

Logan Mankins

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That's something that's really rare and special and what any actor would love - to have somebody that's specifically writing for you.

Jon Tenney

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I see the tool set being the same and maybe doing virtual movies and that's fine for some stories but not for others. And maybe make all CG movies but they are already doing it.

Dennis Muren

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We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

Douglas MacArthur

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I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other.

William Howard Taft

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Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through.

Susannah McCorkle

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