Top 35 Quotes & Sayings by Michael Clarke Duncan
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Last updated on December 3, 2024.
Once an actor told me he went to the Shakespeare School of Acting, and I said, 'I went to the Shakespeare of Acting, too' and he said, 'Oh really?' And I said, 'I went to Shakespeare Elementary School in Chicago.' He didn't take the joke well, he didn't laugh and didn't think it was funny - I thought it was funny. It's all the same to me.
I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged.
I tell people, 'It's just like a cliche, but it's true: In Hollywood, dreams can come true.'
I think I'd do pretty good on 'Glee' singing.
My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.
I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.
When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.
I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles.
People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.
Whenever I'm having a bad day and have an attitude, I stay home. I keep it at home.
The person that's always talkin', you don't have to worry about that person. The person that while you're in his face, he's just lookin' at you with a smile on his face, that's the guy you worry about.
I really don't have favorites; I'm just a fan of movies, period.
David Boreanaz is actually a very good director and he directed one of our episodes. Excellent director, knew exactly what he wanted. We never had long days with David. He was great, he knew exactly what he wanted and he's a fantastic director.
When I was coming up, I kept a ton of comic books, almost 300 comic books. Back in the day, they didn't used to cost that much, so I used to keep 'em, collect 'em, trade 'em.
I'm an emotional person, a very emotional person.
Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.
I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy - and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!
I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.
So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life.
I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music.
Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'
When I get the chance, I'm at the theaters all the time, trying to check out the latest movies.
A lot of kids think they can just go to Hollywood and become an actor or actress. It's not that easy. There are millions of kids who come out here wanting to act. So, you have to have a plan, and you have to stick with that plan, because it's not going to be easy by any means.
You gotta remember I was homeless. Whenever I think I have something to complain about. I go outside, walk across the street and look at my home, and remind myself of the time I was living on the damn lakefront in a car full of garbage bags with clothes, and ask myself, "What do you possibly have to be upset about?" I have nothing to complain about.
I'm the biggest sports fan there is, I love sports, but I'm still convinced that it's teachers who deserve the big salaries, not athletes.
I believe that teachers committed to the community are the ones who deserve to earn the top dollar, a starting salary of a quarter million dollars a year.
China has been a textbook case of how the government did just enough intervention to increase penetration, but the reality is that it isn't going to work for all countries in the same way. Culture always plays a role and you can't necessarily take what worked in one market and automatically make it work somewhere else.
I don't like it when someone can look you in the eye and lie to you, or pretend that they're more than you.
The government needs the help of industry. But the reality is companies will balance that against their own commercial interest in a very competitive market.
I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want
to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself more than
anything else, and dont let anybody tell you that you cannot do it
because you can.
Know what you want to do, because if you don't know what you want to do, you'll get stuck.
Don't depend on acting as your sole source of income. Work nights, so you can have your days off to attend auditions. Have something to fall back on. That's what my mother taught me, and it's critical in Hollywood.
I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy, and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!
My best advice about working in Hollywood is: Save your money!
Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.
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