Chi McBride Quotes

• It is a different genre - a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I think it makes for very interesting television

  Chi McBride

  Teacher, Thinking, Doctors

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• When you wear a fresh pair of shoes, you feel like you can never die. You feel like you're gonna live forever.

  Chi McBride

  Shoes, Forever, Pairs

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• If you look hard enough, you can find race issues and racism in everything. I know people who say, 'See, I don't play pool 'cuz that's where the white ball chase the black ball off the table. So I prefer bowling, where the big black ball knock down the white pins with the red necks.'

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  Issues, Race, Play

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• I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it.

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  Tired, Phones, Company

  "Chi McBride of 'Boston Public'". Interview with Lori Blackman, www.cnn.com. April 10, 2001.

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• Someone said to me today, ‘Everybody loved PUSING DAISIES,’ I said, ‘No, they didn’t— that’s why I’m here today talking about a new show.’

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  Talking, Today, Daisies

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• Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication.

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  Teacher, Jobs, Dedication

  "Chi McBride of 'Boston Public'". Interview with Lori Blackman, www.cnn.com. April 10, 2001.

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• In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much.

  Chi McBride

  Opportunity, People

  "Chi McBride of 'Boston Public'". Interview with Lori Blackman, edition.cnn.com. April 10, 2001.

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• You have to take some dramatic license just to make it entertaining sometimes

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  Sometimes, Dramatic, Entertaining

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• There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate

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  School, Thinking, High School

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• I had spent many years before I was 31 hearing people tell me, Oh Man, you're so funny, you need to be in television. But that and a quarter won't get you on a bus.

  Chi McBride

  Men, Years, People

  "Chi McBride of 'Boston Public'". Interview with Lori Blackman, www.cnn.com. April 10, 2001.

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• I've had a lot of people tell me they wish I were their principal.

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  People, Wish, Principal

  "Chi McBride of 'Boston Public'". Interview with Lori Blackman, edition.cnn.com. April 10, 2001.

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• Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainment

  Chi McBride

  Real, Being Real, Entertainment

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