You stay with the foundation and then you just try different things because you don't know how the director will cut it and you want to give him, what will work, and you want to give him some options, give… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
What dancing has helped me with is blocking; it makes me comfortable with my body. You know how to hit your mark, you know how to embody a swagger. But sitting down and looking across the table at another actor… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
Little Walter and Muddy Waters were incredible. And Bo Diddley was doing some great stuff, too. — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
First of all, God inspires me, where he's brought me, it blows my mind. To know that He brought me this far, it could… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
Be a creator, not just sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone to call you into the game or call our number. — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
The point of acting is to hide yourself and get lost in character. To play the same character in eighteen movies would be defeating… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
I want to play Martin Luther King. I want to tell the real story, his demons, his struggles as a man, not just as… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of what happens if this career doesn't pan out, because I have so much invested in it that I can't turn back… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
I never want to have to take certain roles, because I want to maintain a certain level of artistic credibility. But sometimes you're forced… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
It's like, if you're on a ship, and you're sailing towards your destination, but the ship sinks: that doesn't mean that you have to… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
Creating content, creating art, material, being a job creator - it's all very, very important. Very important. — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
Every movie I work with the costume designer to see what feels like the character, not what Columbus would wear but what is right… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image