A Quote by Malachi Kirby

Kunta Kinte is the closest thing I've ever seen... to a superhero. He's amazing. He's inspirational.

Malachi Kirby

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Malachi Kirby
English - Actor
Born: September 20, 1989

Schoolkids - black and white - would call me Kunta Kinte as a cuss. If ever my hair was particularly messy, if ever I looked scruffy at school, I would be called Kunta Kinte. My first impression was that it was bad to be African and bad to be associated with him.

Malachi Kirby

Suddenly, I was interesting to girls. I wasn't just a Kunta Kinte.

Rob Pilatus

When I was in school, my first acknowledgement of 'Roots' was Kunta Kinte.

Malachi Kirby

Kunta Kinte is NOT an American, and he utterly rejects that idea at every turn.

Rege-Jean Page

Playing Kunta Kinte is an emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental journey.

Malachi Kirby

One of the biggest things that I took from playing Kunta Kinte was where his strength came from in knowing where he was from.

Malachi Kirby

I was thinking, 'What is it about Kunta Kinte that allowed him to live such a long life?' For me, what came down to it was his spirit and his knowledge of self.

Malachi Kirby

She [Beyonce]is probably the closest thing we've seen to Michael Jackson as far as having that determination and drive that I've ever seen.

Rodney Jerkins

Kunta Kinte's strength derives from the knowledge of where he comes from, but it struck me that I don't know where I come from. I understand that my last name is Kirby, that I was born in London, third-generation Jamaican, and at some point along the line, that name was changed. I didn't know my history past my grandparents.

Malachi Kirby

Woodstock was about the closest thing to anarchy I've ever seen in my whole life, and I didn't like it.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Everybody tell me everywhere I go that I'm the closest thing to James Brown they ever seen.

Charles Bradley

When bobsled is going right - and it sometimes goes wrong - it's the closest thing I could imagine to being a superhero.

Elana Meyers

I love a lot of these older actresses, like Cicely Tyson, who played Kunta Kinte's mother in 'Roots.' She was really great, and I like seeing her because every movie she plays, she plays a strong character. As a kid, she was really inspiring to me.

Keke Palmer

I'd hate to compare anyone with Sugar Ray Robinson, but Donald is the closest thing to Robinson I've ever seen

Dave Gorman

We should get into the habit of reading inspirational books, looking at inspirational pictures, hearing inspirational music, associating with inspirational friends.

Alfred Armand Montapert

The two lines from 'Roots' that stick out to me are, 'You no more in Africa. You in America now,' and what I said after Kunta escaped: 'What is it like to be free, Kunta? It must be something.'

Louis Gossett, Jr.

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