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That's my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you'd see pictures all over of Elvis. He's just the greatest entertainer that ever lived. And I think it's because he had such presence. When Elvis walked into a room, Elvis Presley was in the f***ing room. I don't give a f*** who was in the room with him, Bogart, Marilyn Monroe.
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I love the Beatles.
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I don't think there's ever been someone with as much presence as Elvis Presley, I mean if he walked into a room I think everyone would be looking at only him. Even when he was dying and through all that when you looked at him it seemed all put together. It fascinates me.
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I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.
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Seventy-five years. That's how much time you get if you're lucky. Seventy-five years. Seventy-five winters, seventy-five springtimes, seventy-five summers, and seventy-five autumns. When you look at it like that, it's not a lot of time, is it? Don't waste them. Get your head out of the rat race and forget about the superficial things that pre-occupy your existence and get back to what's important now.
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All inspiration comes from a higher power. The body is a shell. The creative spot is from God - You hear voices, everybody does. When you get older, you refer to it as intuition.
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After all these years, I've done well and I'm cool. I feel comfortable in my skin, I've saved some paper, everybody's healthy, my kids are beautiful and smart, doing different things, it's all good.
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I been seeing newspapers every Sunday morning, white dudes be in there in their drawers, never having no bulge in they drawers. Smiling at you. If I ain't have no bulge, I wouldn't be smiling!
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In reality, all men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives trying to create a masterpiece.
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Over the past 50 years Bob Hope employed 88 joke writers who supplied him with more than one million gags, and he still couldn't make me laugh.
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All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of a masterpiece.
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Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass.
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The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.
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Music has always been around with me.
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The competitions are as much a part of the tradition as the actual dances.
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The welfare of our children is our main concern and their best interests are our first priority
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Flowers are the fastest way to a woman's heart. Well, actually, the fastest way is through her rib cage, but flowers are a lot less messy.
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The white man gets all the best catchphrases!
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I will blow your face clean off your face!
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My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.
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You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.
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Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It's like a big machine that moves slowly.
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Anything you have to acquire a taste for was not meant to be eaten.
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I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.
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From the very beginning, I always tried to make dialogue flow comfortably; I always did that to make it seem more authentic.
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I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.
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I trip off it. You know what's interesting about the makeup is when you get up close and you know he's been working on your face, and you see where the makeup starts and it stops, and how seamless it is. You could look at it for hours.
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Are You Driving With Your Eyes Open? Or Are You like Using The Force?
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White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played any of them slave roles, and get my ass whipped. That's how you get the nomination. A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ass whipped gets the nomination, a white guy who plays an idiot gets the Oscar. That's what I need, I need to play a retarded slave, then I'll get the Oscar.
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I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.
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My wife ain't gonna make love to me if I got no money!
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I ain't never been in no cell that had a phone in it. Can I stay for a while? I ordered some pizza.
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In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!
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How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance? Hey baby lets dance ... cya later!
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I am a man who has never tied his own shoes before!
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I'm in a whole different part of show business. I'm not even part of Shakespeare in Love.
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Mick Jagger's lips' so big, black people be going, "You got some big-ass lips!"
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The only reason I did Showtime was Robert De Niro. I definitely consider him to be in the top 5 all time actors.
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Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff; that's what all this stuff is leading to.
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I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.
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I can figure out which Spice Girl I wanna impregnate.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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There's always been a lot of negative stuff written about me. That's why I don't pay any attention to the critics. They've never liked anything I've done. What do critics know? It's the way the audience reacts that matters.
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I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.
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I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.
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Stevie Wonder is a musical genius !
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