Jeffrey Wright Quotes

• I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the world around you.

  Jeffrey Wright

  New York, Smell, World

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• When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal.

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  Kitchen, Meals, Restaurants

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• The reason why things work is because of love.

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  Reason Why, Reason

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• Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

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  Challenges, Looks, Toes

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• Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Play, Creative, Political

  "Jeffrey Wright: Professional Politician?". Interview with Valerie Gladstone, www.theroot.com. October 11, 2011.

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• I do have characters who are more well known than I am, which suits me fine.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Character, Suits, Well Known

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Parent, Lines, Nurturing

  Source: collider.com

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• Well, I look at it like this: When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal. If the soup tastes good, everything's cool, and you don't necessarily want to know what's in it. The same thing holds true with movies.

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  Movie, Everything Happens For A Reason, Kitchen

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• As much as we teach our kids, the process teaches us. If we're being diligent, we're learning from our strengths as parents, but also from the mistakes that we make.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Mistake, Kids, Parent

  Source: collider.com

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• Too often a story is examined through biased eyes, without a sensitivity for everyone who forged it. It's seen from the point of view of the great white savior, and rarely is the perspective of the slave a part.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Eye, Views, White

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• New York is the greatest character actor ever. Any film that is shot in New York is elevated by the city.

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  New York, Character, Cities

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• You're a master on blues piano. The real deal.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Real, Piano, Masters

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• Having been born and raised in Washington, D.C., you kind of absorb politics when you grow up. And it continues to be a focus of mine, probably more than what is healthy for me.

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  Growing Up, Focus, Healthy

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• For lack of any clearer idea, I just started acting one day. It had been in the back of my head for a while, but I think in some ways I was afraid to do it, and finally I just stepped up.

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  Thinking, Ideas, One Day

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• I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops.

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  Generations, Actors, Theater

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• The great thing about movies is that they're collaborative. And the worst thing is that they're collaborative.

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  Movie, Worst, Great Things

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• I'm not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean or on oblivion. I always feel that I'm two steps away from the other side when I'm out there. It's more like a vacation place or a place to visit than a place to hunker down.

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  Ocean, Vacation, Two

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• I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.

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  Thinking, Cameras, Might

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• And it's one reason why I don't go to a lot of movies - they're more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns as opposed to cinematic concerns.

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  Movie, Reason Why, Concern

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• Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Dirty, Fans, Culture

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