Columbus Short

Little Walter and Muddy Waters were incredible. And Bo Diddley was doing some great stuff, too.

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I haven't been perfect.

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First of all, God inspires me, where he's brought me, it blows my mind. To know that He brought me this far,…

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Be a creator, not just sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone to call you into the game or call our number.

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The point of acting is to hide yourself and get lost in character. To play the same character in eighteen movies would…

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Have I ever abused a woman? Never.

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I want to play Martin Luther King. I want to tell the real story, his demons, his struggles as a man, not…

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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…

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I never want to have to take certain roles, because I want to maintain a certain level of artistic credibility. But sometimes…

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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…

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Creating content, creating art, material, being a job creator - it's all very, very important. Very important.

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Every movie I work with the costume designer to see what feels like the character, not what Columbus would wear but what…

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I'm a silly guy, I love wit and cynicism and sarcasm.

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If I want to be truthfully honest, I think, dealing with the stress of the situations that I've been going through, medicating…

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I try to carve my own way so the actors who come after me will say, "I want to do it like…

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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…

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There are as many quality African-American actors and actresses as Caucasians, but it seems that they get a lot more opportunities.

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I don't know if it was a defining moment. I knew it as soon as I could comprehend the possibility of having…

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There's a myriad of things that go into why movies don't happen right when you make them. If you make a movie…

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With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.

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I was struggling with drugs, I had a lot on my plate, and you know, I was using unhealthy ways to kind…

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I love working to push the industry forward.

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What dancing has helped me with is blocking; it makes me comfortable with my body. You know how to hit your mark,…

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As we speak, that is what we are doing. Projects that come to you are not written for you. We have to…

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I want to play Martin Luther King. That is absolutely a role and a character who is important to the landscape of…

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