Anthony Mackie quotes

You never see girls running after engineers. (Anthony Mackie)
The choices that we make through our lives, the people who intersect us on our path kind of change what our fated destiny is. So some of us are lucky enough for the choices that we make to keep us on our path. View quote
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I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I. View quote
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I would love to be a superhero. View quote
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I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have. View quote
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I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are. View quote
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If you want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a good movie. If you don't want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a 'Twilight' movie. View quote
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I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken. View quote
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There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors. View quote
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Every time I get mad, I grab my hammer and make a bookshelf or something. View quote
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If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place. (Anthony Mackie)
Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques. View quote
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I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do. View quote
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I enjoy where I am and I don't have a problem with being Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, Don Cheadle, or Jeffrey Wright. They're not the lead of every movie they're in, but every time you see them they're really good. View quote
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With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails. View quote
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There was this rapper from New Orleans, Mystikal, who when I hear his music, I hear myself. Whenever I wanna get hyped, I put on Mystikal. View quote
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I did this movie with Spike Lee called Sucker Free City, and that would have to be my favorite role by far. It was just so much fun to work with Spike and shoot in San Francisco. View quote
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The stage is my first love. View quote
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Art-school girls are very nice. View quote
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Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services! View quote
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Money always changes the game, when you let a dollar come between you and your friends, your cohorts. (Anthony Mackie)
If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group. View quote
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Instead of becoming an engineer like my brother, I moved to New York to be an actor. View quote
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In New Orleans, where I'm from, the average household income, with two working parents, two kids, a dog and a little fence is $16,000 a year, so $15,000 for a movie sounds pretty good. View quote
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Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw. View quote
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