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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/you-stay-with-the-foundation-and-then-you-just-try-different-things/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

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## More by Columbus Short

> [Little Walter and Muddy Waters were incredible. And Bo Diddley was doing some great stuff, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/little-walter-and-muddy-waters-were-incredible-and-bo-diddley-was/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [I haven't been perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/i-haven-t-been-perfect/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/first-of-all-god-inspires-me-where-he-s-brought-me-it-blows-my-mind/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [Be a creator, not just sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone to call you into the game or call our number.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/be-a-creator-not-just-sitting-on-the-sidelines-waiting-for-someone-to/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [The point of acting is to hide yourself and get lost in character. To play the same character in eighteen movies would be defeating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/the-point-of-acting-is-to-hide-yourself-and-get-lost-in-character-to/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [Have I ever abused a woman? Never.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/have-i-ever-abused-a-woman-never/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [I want to play Martin Luther King. I want to tell the real story, his demons, his struggles as a man, not just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/i-want-to-play-martin-luther-king-i-want-to-tell-the-real-story-his/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/i-m-afraid-of-what-happens-if-this-career-doesn-t-pan-out-because-i/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/i-never-want-to-have-to-take-certain-roles-because-i-want-to-maintain/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/it-s-like-if-you-re-on-a-ship-and-you-re-sailing-towards-your/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [Creating content, creating art, material, being a job creator - it's all very, very important. Very important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/creating-content-creating-art-material-being-a-job-creator-it-s-all/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [Every movie I work with the costume designer to see what feels like the character, not what Columbus would wear but what is right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/every-movie-i-work-with-the-costume-designer-to-see-what-feels-like/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [I'm a silly guy, I love wit and cynicism and sarcasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/i-m-a-silly-guy-i-love-wit-and-cynicism-and-sarcasm/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/if-i-want-to-be-truthfully-honest-i-think-dealing-with-the-stress-of/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

> [I try to carve my own way so the actors who come after me will say, "I want to do it like Columbus did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/i-try-to-carve-my-own-way-so-the-actors-who-come-after-me-will-say-i/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

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