Forest Whitaker Quotes

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• It is important to make the best out of every generation.
• The other night I was walking down the stairs behind one of my daughters. I was tired, and she was goofing around, you know like…
• I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.
• The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women…
• Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.
• I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the…
• We have to not just open our eyes to what's going on in other places; we need to open our eyes to what's going on…
• I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel,…
• I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.
• It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them…
• When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.
• My parents moved to Los Angeles when I was really young, but I spent every summer with my grandparents, and I'd stay with my grandfather…
• And God, God who believes in us all. And who's given me this moment, in this lifetime, that I will hopefully carry to the end…
• In a lot of films, they're showing more complete, developed characters of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The larger concern is to be able to tastefully explore…
• I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do…
• Until film is just as easily accessible as a pen or pencil, then it's not completely an art form. In painting you can just pick…
• I went through two schools of acting but I learned more about acting from meditating and from my marshall arts teacher.
• I think that art likes to express society and the way the world is. Hopefully that's what it's trying to do. I gotta be honest…
• When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in. It wasn't…
• My eye? It's a genetic thing. My dad had it and now I have it. You know, I just found out that it may be…

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