Giancarlo Esposito Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I often think about, 'How do we return to a simpler way of living? Is there some way that we can start to think of each other as human beings again, instead of worshiping money, instead of worshiping electronics, instead of worshiping getting ahead just for me?'”
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“Middle-class people are becoming desperate. It can cause a moral man to break bad.”
-- Giancarlo EspositoSource : "Breaking Bad" Q&A: Star Giancarlo Esposito Discusses the Season Finale". Interview with Merle Ginsberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 9, 2011.
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“Yoga has allowed me to bring my complete spirit together, which allows me to do less, which is more.”
-- Giancarlo EspositoSource : "Exclusive: Giancarlo Esposito Talks Current Projects, More; Directing Series On Slave Abolitionist John Brown". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. October 9, 2012.
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“When I perform on stage, you have to remember my performance or buy another ticket to the party! In television and film, you can see it over and over again.”
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“My advice for achieving success is to make a career choice that reflects your passion. Then work your craft a little bit each day-even if someone's not paying you to do It. Try to balance your social life with your educational (or professional) life, and have patience.”
-- Giancarlo EspositoSource : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.”
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“I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions.”
-- Giancarlo EspositoSource : "Giancarlo Esposito talks ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Revolution’ and Emmys". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. July 31, 2012.
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“I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.”
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“I feel that sometimes, holding yourself as black, saying that is your sole identity, can sometimes stand in your way of being a member of the humanity of man, being a member of the family of the divine.”
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“People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.”
-- Giancarlo EspositoSource : Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. October 7, 2011.
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“It's certain that the death of an actor can be on a television screen playing the same thing every week.”
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“I believe acting is very physical, and when you have to fight or do those kinds of things, it takes a lot of respect not to allow yourself to go off and hurt yourself or someone else.”
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“There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.”
-- Giancarlo EspositoSource : Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. October 7, 2011.
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“I'm interested in spirituality and in religion and our relationship to the divine.”
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“I'm not someone who is a fan of a lot of violence.”
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“I'm not too into fast food, but you know if I was, it would be chicken.”
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“It feels amazing to work with writers that write really well.”
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“I first felt successful when I was 13 and in a show called Seesaw. I came offstage and heard the applause of the theater audience and felt a sense of accomplishment. Around that time my role model for success was Burt Lancaster. He was one of the first ac.”
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“I'm a big fan of period pieces, and I'm a big fan of the old-time westerns.”
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“I want a body of work; I want a good story after a good story.”
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“For me, what I try to heal is the major thing that I think all of us go through, where we came from. From our family of origin.”
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“I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity.”
-- Giancarlo EspositoSource : "Giancarlo Esposito talks ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Revolution’ and Emmys". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. July 31, 2012.
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“After 'Breaking Bad,' people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street.”
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“For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.”
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“I always wanted to be a boy scout but was too poor. Couldn't do it.”
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“I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race.”
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“I can fish from a stick and a string.”
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“I feel that we have come a long way as American people, and we have to start looking at ourselves as human beings.”
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