I don't know if it was a defining moment. I knew it as soon as I could comprehend the possibility of having a career. I knew very young I wanted to be a movie star. As much as I grew… — 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
If I want to be truthfully honest, I think, dealing with the stress of the situations that I've been going through, medicating with anything,… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
I try to carve my own way so the actors who come after me will say, "I want to do it like Columbus did… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
