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A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back, but a sense of security and support. (Wentworth Miller)
It was just expected that I would go to college. Both my parents are teachers and they tolerated acting, but I was going to go to a school of quality or bust. Which made my downshifting back to acting afterward a little difficult. View quote
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Michael Scofield is someone everyone can relate to, but nobody would want to be in his shoes. View quote
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If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time. View quote
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I'm neither sexy nor a star. View quote
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My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all. View quote
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In my career as an actor, there is a catchphrase that Scofield always says often in regards to his brother, 'Have a little faith.' In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds. View quote
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I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit. I just don't have answers... so sometimes I make them up. View quote
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There'll be moments when I'm out in the prison yard, chatting with the cast and the crew, getting ready to shoot a scene. And then I'll remember if I were actually an inmate, I'd only be out there an hour. The other 23 hours of the day, I'd be in my cell. It's kind of a downer. View quote
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My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion. View quote
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To be honest, I find going out pretty scary and intimidating. Got all those people checking you out, with only one purpose: hooking up. I'm quite the dork, I'd rather sit home and play Scrabble. But that doesn't get you a girl, does it? (Wentworth Miller)
Growing up, I was a target. Speaking the right way, standing the right way, holding your wrist the right way. Every day was a test, and there were a thousand ways to fail, a thousand ways to betray yourself, to not live up to someone else's standards of what was accepted, of what was normal. View quote
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I revise obsessively. It's important to me to have a clean page. View quote
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I made a decision not to work out because I'm lazy and also, the character is not a superhero. I didn't want him to be a buff guy with Jackie Chan moves because the point is he's smarter than your average Joe. View quote
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It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations. View quote
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You only cry for help if you believe there is help to cry for. View quote
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Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair. View quote
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I spend my weekends sleeping and watching DVDs, and eating at restaurants within a 2-block radius of my apartment. View quote
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There has to be a measure of faith. That's what this business is all about: trusting in something that may never show up, that you have no concrete proof of. View quote
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Unfortunately, I'm allergic to all animals and even some people. View quote
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I've been spoiled by this project. I was given the script and went in to read, realizing that this was a powerful story and one that wasn't told very often. (Wentworth Miller)
They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment. View quote
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An actor's job is to embrace emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from. View quote
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I'm hoping that what I am or what I'm not ethnically doesn't limit me in anyone else's eyes. I guarantee you it doesn't in mine. View quote
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I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it. View quote
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