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Jay Ellis

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[Wikipedia] Wendell Ramone "Jay" Ellis Jr. is an American actor. In 2013, Ellis received his first major role on BET's series The Game. His role as Martin "Lawrence" Walker in the HBO series Insecure (2016–2021), earned him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. He later starred in the h

Quotes by Jay Ellis

I'm insanely curious about life and everyone's story and where they come from and how they got to be who they are.

Come

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I feel like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, which is both settling and terrifying. The roller coaster is going, and…

Go

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At the end of the day, we're people and we should fight for each other and we should make sure the well-being…

Care

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My dad was in the service, so I went to 12 schools in 13 years.

Dad

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As long as you're consistently working on your craft, your heart is in the right place, and you pair that with being…

Being smart

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I had a journalist slap me, and it wasn't anyone that I had ever met before. I was at the airport.

Airport

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I love to study people and pick apart what makes a person or character who they are. I never want to get…

Character

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I think we still live in this era of hyper-masculinity.

Era

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If you have HIV, I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of. Get treatment and don't think that you're out of…

Ashamed

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I want to create this pool of talent to draw from, and I hope that people get inspired to make more web…

Create

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I'm not a believer in 'what you don't know won't hurt you,' unless it's innocent.

Believer

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You can try your passion for a while and see if it works and if it doesn't, at least you tried. I…

Acting

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Agents run a business, and their business is their talent; some are more general and broad and can rep a little bit…

Business

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I auditioned for Lamorne Morris' part, Winston, on 'New Girl.' In the scene, the character was eating a mayonnaise sandwich. I thought,…

Character

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I try to be as realistic as possible.

Realistic

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As a young, Black man in America, I look out and (realize) that our community is the most affected by HIV.

Affected

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You have to believe in yourself and you have to take risks. You know how people say 30 is new 20 and…

Believe

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Dating, to people, can mean completely different things.

Dating

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There are tons of talented people out there, and we just don't get a chance to get into this system. I want…

Chance

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I love the 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' I love everybody. I loved every single person in the Cosby house, I loved every…

Fresh prince

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Every artist is a walking business. Your marketing tools are your headshots and your reel. That's what people see that's what your…

Art

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We think that if we get tested, that means you have to have HIV. Or we think that just by knowing someone…

Gay

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Young women who come to Rise every weekend range from ages 15-19 years if they're in school and 19-24 years if they're…

Help

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Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus - I put Issa Rae in that category of comic genius.

Comic

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I think our life is a journey, and we make mistakes, and it's how we learn from those mistakes and rebound from…

Failure

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