Derek Luke Quotes

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• He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room,…
• Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true,…
• Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give…
• Denzel's quality, I think, is his faith. You have all the action in your head and you have to believe in it and just do…
• I had a lot of fun with Val Kilmer. He's like a big kid.
• I was working at the store on the Sony studios in Culver City. And I was literally holding a shirt when they came in and…
• I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought to myself, Ever…
• Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole…
• I've always had to bind up and wrestle fear, because acting is really about faith. And faith and fear can't really stay in the same…
• The magic isn't in getting married, it's in staying married
• Spartan is about this elite unit of the armed forces named the Delta Force. I play a protege of Val Kilmer's character, and he kind…
• Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me…
• Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.
• I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.
• I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.
• I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington.
• I went to Jersey City State College to please a family member. I wasn't prepared for school. To say I failed out is putting it…
• In my heart of hearts I believe I was made to entertain.
• When your heart is first, you can be absent of heart but when you put spirit first, you have a reason for why you do…
• A few years ago you couldn't go from TV to film. It was like a 'no no' but I believe when you find a plan…

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